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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and <br /> evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) <br /> This house is similar to many late-nineteenth century houses in Lexington. <br /> Its vernacular profile has been dressed up with a hexagonal tower at the left <br /> front corner, a rectangular bay window, patera trim on the eave fascia, and a <br /> porch with turned posts. <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state <br /> history and how the building relates to the development of the commmity.) <br /> The local newspaper noted in April, 1886, that Mr. Leonard E. Bennink had <br /> rented the new house just completed by George W. Robinson. Mr. Bennink, a dry <br /> goods dealer in Boston, was the leader in the campaign to get Lexington to <br /> adopt "modern business methods in its municipal affairs" (Worthen 1946:95) , <br /> which was first successful when in 1893 the town established a finance committee. <br /> By 1895 Bennink had purchased an estate on Loring Hill and by 1913 he had moved <br /> to Lawrence. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) <br /> Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington, revised and continued to <br /> 1912 by the Lexington Historical Society, Volume II, p. 29. Boston: <br /> Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. <br /> Worthen, Edwin B. A Calendar History of Lexington, Massachusetts 1620-1946, <br /> p. 95. Lexington, Massachusetts: Lexington Savings Bank, 1946. <br /> Worthen, Edwin B. "George Slept -- Where?" Lexington Minute Man, November 13, <br /> 1969. <br /> 10M - 7/82 <br />