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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and <br /> evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) <br /> one of over a dozen houses in late nineteenth century picturesque styles <br /> built on Winthrop Road, this house draws most of its features from the Shingle <br /> Style: polygonal turret with peaked roof; curved, shingled lintel in the gable <br /> window; and porch with shingled balustrade. <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 by Walter R. Champney, a tea broker in Boston. It <br /> was one of the first houses to be built on Winthrop Road which was put through <br /> in 1894. <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. 99. Boston: <br /> Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. <br /> 1889 atlas <br /> 1898 atlas <br /> 1906 atlas <br /> 1899 Directory <br /> 10M - 7/82 <br />