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7. Original owner (if known) Original use Subsequent uses (if any) and dates 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Conservation Recreation Agricultural Education Religion Architectural Exploration/ Science/ The Arts settlement invention Commerce Industry Social/ Communication Military humanitarian Community development x Political Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) This house was built on speculation in 1873 by Richard D. Blinn, the owner of most of the land along the proposed Forest Street extension and Parker Street. Blinn was associated with the Lexington railroad, rising from a job as brakeman to president, and was a member of the Massachusetts Legislature in 1869 and 1874. He had bought the Parker-Forest Street extension land in 1870- 1872 , hoping to make a large profit by the sale of house lots, but went bankrupt in the Panic of 1873 and left Lexington. By 1889 this house was apparently a rental property owned by George H. Jackson, a Le xii ton provision merchant who owned a great deal of property in this area, ammntinued to be rented through the turn of the century. The barn at the rear of the property is a replacement of the original one, which burned. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE This is a well-preserved example of the side hall plan Italianate house. It possesses the standard features of the house type: bracket door hood, facade bay window, and paired brackets at the eaves. There are relatively few of these houses in Lexington and most are in this immediate area. Gabled roof, end toward street. Pigeon roost returns, El( on rear (from time of construction.) Chimney middle of roof ridge, brick. 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington, revised and continued to 1912 by the Lexington Historical Society, Volume II, p. 321. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. Mulliken, Everett. "Some of My Recollections of the Houses in the Vicinity of the Common and the People Who Lived in Them. " Typescript, Worthen Collection, Cary Memorial Library, Lexington, Massachusetts. (see Continuation Sheet)