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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) This Second Period building was dismantled and re-erected with care. Where original materials could not be salvaged, new or comparable old materials were sensitively introduced. The frame and most finishes of the original five- bay wide, one-room deep, two-story central chimney house were retained. The framing which was left exposed when the house was re-erected is unusual in that even the major beams were sawn at a sawmill. The high studding of the house is reflected in the substantial pilastered and entablatured frontispiece. The (see Continuation Sheet) HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community.) Deed research indicates that the house was built in 1753 by Robey, a carpenter, on his own land in Mlerrimack New Hampshire. Nathaniel Parker bought the house before 1800 and in the 1830s it was used as a tavern. When purchased in 1978 by the current owners, the house was the oldest building in MerrimacV, The current owners transported the building to Lexington and erected it over a two year period with the help of Dick Wertz, a carpenter specializing in such work. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) Personal communication from Paul Castleman. 10NI - 7/82