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7. Original owner (if known) k e I 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) Details (cont) : Front porch has naxrow wooden arches between square supports posts 1 Foundation - granite Small flat-roofed addition rear Small shed-roofed addition rear Historical significance (by S. Lawrence Whipple, 1984) Built by Isaac Mulliken, a master carpenter, who built 26 Bedford Street (see form) . Date of this house is unknown to me. Lived in by Isaac Mulliken and his son (and son's wife) , Henry Mulliken, and still later by Isaac's grandson, Everett Marshall Mulliken, who owned it at the time of his death in 1948 at the age of 91. Everett Mulliken never married and lived here with his housekeeper. He was a much respected gentleman and, in his will, left numerous bequests. (The First Parish Church was one of the beneficiaries; he left his house to Sylvia Reed Ballou, for whom he always had ,great affection. Sylvia Ballou's son and daughter-in-law, Sidney and Persis Ballou, moved into the house shortly thereafter and remained here until moving to Highland Avenue.) The barn shows evidence that it was used as a carpenter's or joiner's shop -- long workbenches on east and west walls, plus evidence of a store in the southest corne 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessors records, early maps, etc.) IM-1 rt a f 3/73