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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and <br /> evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) <br /> A large house with broad gambrel roof, this building is embellished <br /> with classical details such as Ionic columns on the porch, modillions, a <br /> balustrade with urns above the porch, and three pedimented dormers. The <br /> central has a broken scroll pediment with a finial ornament. A very broad <br /> elliptical fanlight marks the entrance. <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 Thomas Cunningham Sias, a treasurer in Boston <br /> c. 1900. Next owners were the Prestons, who built a large addition on the <br /> right hand side. <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. 618. Boston: <br /> Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. <br /> 1906 atlas <br /> 1899 Directory <br /> 1906 Directory <br /> Personal communication from Anne Blackwell. <br /> 10M - 7/82 <br />