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7. Original owner (if known) <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 /> Stone foundation <br /> 2 curved bays to front, with adamesque garland detail above 2nd floor 2 dentils- <br /> original windows 1/1 curved glass. <br /> 4 heavy brackets support wide roof over hang <br /> Gable end delineated by 2 strong cornice or overhan elements <br /> Front porch w clustered columns & railing <br /> Decorative course on chimney <br /> Side 2 storey bay window <br /> Rt.side entrance w porch diamond like side lights (also on door) <br /> curved pediment w dentils windows over door <br /> 2 chimneys <br /> This house and the two to the east on Waltham Street were built between <br /> 1895 and 1898 on part of the Holmes estate opened up for building by Francis <br /> H. Holmes, a real estate dealer. By 1899, Charles Henry Wiswell owned the <br /> house. Wiswell, a teacher, served on the school board from 1898 to 1903. <br /> ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE <br /> This is one of /t late nineteenth century houSEs in Lexington with Adamesque <br /> exterior ornament. Decorative swags trim the frieze on the second level of the <br /> two gently-bowed bay windows on the facade. Whether these are made from wood <br /> or composition has not been ascertained. <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. 776. Boston: <br /> Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. <br /> Lexington Minute Man, August 9, 1895. <br /> 1889 atlas <br /> 1898 atlas 1894 Directory <br /> 1906 atlas 1899 Directory <br />