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7. Original owner (if known) 4L M MO tl Kee_4 <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 x 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 /> Granite steps in front. <br /> Double door w carving <br /> Corner detail w elegant"twisted rope"carving. <br /> Curving mansard -slate roof brackets. <br /> later ell to back. <br /> The building was built by Hammon Reed (b. 1829, d. 1911) , a real estate <br /> dealer who had an office in Boston. A member of an old Lexington family, Reed <br /> served as overseer of the poor, chairman of the selectmen, chairman of the <br /> school committee and justice of the peace. He was a member of the first board <br /> of trustees of the Lexington Savings Bank. <br /> 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, <br /> early maps, etc.) <br /> Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington, revised and continued to <br /> 1912 by the Lexington Historical Society, Volume II, p. 568. Boston: <br /> Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. <br /> David Tuttle's list of houses he built. Lexington Historical Society archives. <br /> (see Continuation Sheet) <br />