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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and <br /> evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) <br /> The most elaborate of the Mansard cottages on Forest Street, and one of <br /> the best preserved, this building displays paired brackets with drops at the <br /> eaves, bay windows, and a porch with chamfered posts and a balustrade. The <br /> interior retains dark stained woodwork and marble fireplaces with arched fire- <br /> box enframement. <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state <br /> history and how the building relates to the development of the community.) <br /> This house was built in 1873 and is one of a group of five Mansard <br /> cottages built about the same time along the north side of Forest Street between <br /> . altham and 2uzzey streets. On the 1876 map the owner is indicated as J.E. <br /> Hodgeman, the same as the owner of the older house at 8-10-12 Forest Street, <br /> suggesting that this house may have been built as a rental property. In 1889 <br /> the owner listed on the map, E. Simonds, did not live in this house, again <br /> suggesting that it was rented. By 1906 the house was owned by Lydia H. Tibbets, <br /> a widow, and boarders included her son Henry, a railroad engineer. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) <br /> 1876 map <br /> 1889 map <br /> 1698 map <br /> 1906 map <br /> 1887 Directory <br /> 1906 Directory <br /> 10�1 - 7/82 <br />