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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and <br /> evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) <br /> This house has a somewhat truncated look. It was reduced from 20 rooms <br /> and three stories to two stories after a fire in 1967 and given a hip roof. <br /> Originally, there was a tower at the west corner. The first two stories have <br /> not been changed (see attached copy of historic photograph) . There is a <br /> porch of unusual design in which square posts embellished with diamond-shared <br /> panels flank round columns. These are placed above a balustrade in which <br /> solid panels alternate with latticework. An overhanging second story on the <br /> right side is finished with many large brackets. <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 /> Deed research indicates that this section of Meriam Hill was laid out <br /> for house lots by I-Iatthew P. Merriam in 1888. Henry 'J-. French, a shoe manu- <br /> facturer at Tvnn, purchased the lot in 1892 and built the house in 1696. <br /> Like many of the houses of Keriam Hill, its progress was chronicled in the <br /> Lexington P=inute Alan: oreliminary landscaping was being done in Anril, 1695; <br /> the building contract was awarded to out-of-town parties in October; and the <br /> frame was up by February, 1896. From c. 1906 to 1922 Charles Dale lived in <br /> the house. Dale's daughter, Anita Dale Seymour, was a singer and for 50 <br /> years a vocal teacher in Lexington. <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, no. 158, 231. Boston: <br /> Houghton iifflin Company, 1913. <br /> Lexinr,.ton Iiinute ran, April 26, 1895, October 25, 1895, February 7, 1896. <br /> Lexington Tax Assessment Records, 1896. <br /> Piddlesex County Registry of Deeds, Carlibridge, ilassachusetts. Plan Book 58, <br /> Plan 19; Book 3334, p. 132. <br /> Anita Dale's scrapbook. Lexington Historical Society Archives. <br /> Rosemary Jason, unpublished paper. Lexington Historical Commission files. <br /> .Personal communication from Betty Howe, 4 Chandler Street, Lexington. <br /> 1906 Directory <br /> 10M - 7/82 <br />
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