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7. Original owner (if known) <br /> Original use farmhouse <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 x Exploration/ Science/ <br /> The Arts settlement invention <br /> Commerce Industry Social/ <br /> Communication Military humanitarian <br /> Community development x Political Transportation <br /> 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) <br /> Other features (cont.) ; triple window upstairs over front door - cornice- wide corner <br /> boards - porch roof bows out on either side of front door & on right side - porch <br /> has grooved tapered posts - porch supported by seven Tuscan columns - post & lintel <br /> door - side lights - pilasters with Greek Key grooving - brick foundation - porch in <br /> rear. <br /> Home of Isaac Newton Damon who came to Lexington in 1836. Whether he <br /> built at that time is not confirmed, but he was living here in 1853 (map) and <br /> operating his paint store at 1656 Massachusetts Avenue (former schoolhouse) . <br /> Later, in the second quarter of the twentieth century, it was the home of Edgar <br /> J. Thivierge, a pharmacist, who owned the pharmacy business at the corner of <br /> Massachusetts Avenue and Waltham Street. <br /> (Source: see notes in archives of the Lexington Historical Society. Also, see <br /> interior photos, S.L.W.) <br /> S. Lawrence Whipple, 1984 <br /> 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, <br /> early maps, etc.) <br />