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7. Original owner (if known) <br /> Original use <br /> Subsequent uses (if any) and dates <br /> 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) <br /> Aboriginal Conservation Recreation <br /> Agricultural Education Religion <br /> Architectural Exploration/ Science/ <br /> The Arts settlement invention i- <br /> Commerce Industry Social/ <br /> Communication Military humanitarian <br /> Community development Political Transportation <br /> 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) <br /> Col. Sullivan Burbank served 27 .years in U. S. Army. Died during Civil War years. <br /> This was a double house for many years; two family as far back as 1835 <br /> when Capt. and Airs. Wm. Phelps rented one-half and the other half was lived in <br /> by the owner, Col. Sullivan Burbank. <br /> (See reminiscences of Mrs. C.C. Goodwin, Lexington Historical Society <br /> archives.) <br /> From Canavan Papers: 1806 map shows no house on the land owned by S. Hunt; <br /> 1808 Canavan map indicates house of J. Hunt. <br /> In 1830, the house was "occupied by Huntington" who ran a private school. <br /> Jonathan Hunt was a wheelwright and practiced his vocation in a converted school- <br /> house (Mason Hollow School) , which stood west of his house. <br /> See archives of the Lexington Historical Society; and 1968 Massachusetts <br /> Historical Commission survey. <br /> S. Lawrence Whipple, 1984 <br /> 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, <br /> early maps, etc.) <br /> Hudson - History of Lex. <br /> 3/73 <br />