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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community: Form No: MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL CCWISSION Lexington 418 Office of the Secretary, Boston Property Name: 6 Stratham Road Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE The Mansard features of the house actually represent a remodeling of the 1870s. -- The house began as a "Gothic cottage" in 1846. Although the original appearance of the house has not been documented, it is clear that the drip moldings on the doors and windows and very likely the rectangular two-story -bay at the entrance were fea- tures of the original design. Added in the 1870s were: a bell-cast mansard roof finished with slate and em- bellished with dormer windows with arched caps, a very elaborate bracketed door hood,and a six-sided.porch at the right front corner. A piazza with balustrade extends across the front of the building. The house is reputed to have had the first bathroom in Lexington. The changes made by Robinson in the 1870s made. the house similar in style to the summer residence of F.B. Hayes built by 1868. Per- haps Robinson aspired to be as up-to-date as Hayes, an even more successful busi- nessman than himself. Staple to Inventory form at bottom