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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 <br /> Commerce Industry Social/ <br /> Communication Military humanitarian <br /> Community development Political Transportation <br /> 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) <br /> D escrip. Cont: panelling - four panels in door, top two longest, all four with <br /> modified Dependences: two story ell to rear, with side porch on North side <br /> Gable and of roof, strong return, with two brackets each corner, moderately wide overhang <br /> windows 6x6 - 2nd story; 6x9, 1st story; regularly spaced single brackets along <br /> cornice. <br /> Shed dormer, south side of roof, one visible chimney <br /> Historical significance <br /> In the late 1800s and early 1900s this was the home of the Rev. Carlton <br /> A. Staples, minister of the First Parish Church. During the 1920s and 1930s it <br /> was the home of Professor Hollis Webster and his wife, Helen Noyes Webster. <br /> Prof. Webster was a Greek/Latin scholar and his wife was a nationally recognized <br /> authority on herbs and herbal medicines. <br /> The house is indicated on the 1853 map (Walling) . <br /> „ /r /dty- 7 S. Lawrence Whipple, 1984 <br /> 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, <br /> early maps, etc.) <br />