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7. Original owner (if known) Crone family <br /> Original use Dwelling <br /> Subsequent uses (if any) and dates -- <br /> 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) <br /> Aboriginal Conservation Recreation <br /> Agricultural x Education Religion <br /> Architectural Exploration/ Science/ <br /> The Arts settlement invention <br /> Commerce Industry Social/ <br /> Communication Military humanitarian <br /> Community development x Political - Transportation <br /> 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) <br /> Brick foundation, lights on 3 sides of door, long 1. r. windows. Porch across front <br /> and 1 side. 2 story addition at side includes bathroom. Gable roof, deep "pigeon <br /> roosts". 3rd floor window has arched top. Brackets under roof overhang 2 bays wide, <br /> gable end to street. lst floor bay window on side, screened porch on rear. Chimney <br /> halfway toward rear, brick. <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE <br /> See first paragraph, 28 Forest Street form. <br /> By 1889 this house had been bought by Capt. Louis E. Crone.. Crone, a <br /> German immigrant, was originally a cabinetmaker until he fought in the Civil War <br /> and then joined the regular army. He moved to Lexington in 1869, apparently <br /> retired from the army in 1870, and lived in this house until his death in 1891. <br /> The house then continued to be owned by the Crone family for many years. <br /> 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, <br /> early maps, etc.) <br /> Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington, revised and continued to <br /> 1912 by the Lexington Historical Society, Volume II, p. 134. Boston: <br /> Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. <br /> 1887 Directory <br />