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7. Original owner (if known) Original use Subsequent uses (if any) and dates 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Conservation Recreation Agricultural Education Religion Architectural Exploration/ Science/ The Arts settlement invention Commerce Industry Social/ Communication Military humanitarian Community development Political Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) Descrip; symmetrical double house; each entrance has porch with turned posts, balusters between posts, dentil course at cornice; 2 two story bay windows face street, clapboard at first floor level , cornice at each bay with dentil course, band of cut shingles (7 courses) separated second from first floor. Dentil course at roof eave line, roof projects. Center dormer in high hip roof faces street. Next to entrance on each side, projecting two story rectangular bay with cross gabled roof pediment, shingle at peak of \ gable, dentil course around eave line under projecting roof. Ste- Vt C&#"e- # 36( 1 /1 3(-V Co t )/ The house formerly on this site has been moved to Cottage Street and made into two houses -- both face the railroad tracks. In 1853 this Cottage Street house was owned by William Stevens, a Boston merchant (1853 map) . Stevens had several daughters, one of whom, Hannah, married George D. Robinson. Robinson was born and reared in Lexington and was elected Governor of the Commonwealth in 1883. Like the building at 1644 Massachusetts Avenue, the present structure was a two-family house for many years until the area was zoned for business. In the part now occupied by the "Toad Stool" shop, Dr. Harold Crumb had his office during the 1940s and 1950s, before moving to Muzzey Street. S. Lawrence Whipple, 1984 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.)