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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) This house is one of the surviving Federal farmhouses in the vicinity of Concord Avenue and is very similar in profile to those at 389 and 353 Concord Avenue. Like them it has a five-bay facade and two rear chimneys (the one on the north side has been shortened) but, perhaps because it is in only fair condition, preserves more of its exterior finishes: the three original windows on the north end of the second floor and the cornice molding on the gable ends. The north side of the house has one window on each story while the south side (see Continuation Sheet) HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community.) Unlike the other Federal farmhouses in the Concord Avenue area, this one was built on the site of a house that pre-dated the Cambridge-Concord Turnpike. The original house was reportedly an integral lean-to that faced due south. - It was owned by, ;C y?gt�FrrRq, occupied by Stephen Locke and, in 1828, sold to Ebenezer R. Smith, a distant cousin of the Ebenezer Smith who owned the house at 389 Concord Avenue. In 1829, Ebenezer R. Smith tore down the old house and built this one. He still owned the house in 1852 but by 1876, the year he died, it was owned by Stephen L. Wright, a farmer, and the latter was still the owner in 1906. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington, Volume II, p. 641. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913. Lexington Historical Society, Burr Church Collection. Smith, A. Bradford. "Kite End"(1891) . Proceedings of the Lexington Historical Society I1(1900) :108. 1830 map 1852 map 1876 map 1906 map 10M - 7/82