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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET r <br /> mity: Form No: <br /> MASSt\CHUSETTS HISTORICAL CCHvffSSION exington 302 <br /> Office of the Secretary, Boston <br /> erty Name: 37-39 Woburn Street <br /> Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. - <br /> ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE <br /> many interior finishes, either. In the eastern apartment, however, there is a <br /> beaded chair rail and door casing, half of a raised field panel, a chamfered <br /> summer beam, and a fireplace now covered by a wall. In the western apartment, <br /> the original ceiling was discovered under the present one. The former had been <br /> painted with two coats of whitewash in which there was a bullet hole with soot <br /> still visible -- all consistent with the tradition of a British raid on April 19, <br /> 1775. On the basis of the paneling, butterfly hinges, and batten doors, the <br /> former owner estimates the date of construction at c. 1740-1750 (Philip Hagar, <br /> personal communication) . <br /> Staple to Inventory form at bottom <br />