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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and <br /> evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) <br /> One of the first houses to be built on the street, this is a well- <br /> preserved example of late-nineteenth-century picture saque architecture typical <br /> of a number of areas of Lexington. Features include. shaped triple window in <br /> the gable with columns, angled window at the corner with scrolled frieze and <br /> drop above, palladian window and deep console brackets on the overhanging <br /> portion of the gable. <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 /> The house was built by Walter_W. Rowse, who was in the, dye stuffs and <br /> chemicals business in Boston. <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. 590. Boston: <br /> Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. <br /> 1898 atlas <br /> 1899 Directory <br /> 1906 Directory <br /> 10M - 7/82 <br />