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BUILDING FORM <br /> ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION ❑ see continuation sheet <br /> Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. <br /> 47 Grant St. is a well-preserved example of a vernacular Queen Anne with some distinctive features and finishes. The house is L- <br /> shaped, 2'/2 stories, and cross-gabled with a ridge chimney. It is set on a fieldstone foundation, clad with wood clapboards, and <br /> roofed with asphalt shingles. A one-story flat-roofed addition on a cement block foundation extends along the entire south <br /> elevation of the house. At the rear, first and second story sun porches are now enclosed. Queen Anne finishes include a square <br /> tower with a pyramidal roof in the reentrant angle, paired windows separated by sunburst panels,and a small stained glass <br /> window on the south side. There is a dentil course at the cornice of both the house and porch, a one-story projecting bay to the left <br /> of the main entry, a stained glass window to the right, and a porch with turned posts and balusters. <br /> HISTORICAL NARRATIVE ❑see continuation sheet <br /> Discuss the history of the building. Explain its associations with local(or state) history. Include uses of the building, and the <br /> role(s) the owners/occupants played within the community. <br /> Lexington assessors' records indicate that this house was built in 1896 by Charles H. Harrington,a painter, for in 1896 he owned <br /> only the lot but in 1897 was also assessed for a house on it. Although the Grant/Sherman/Sheridan Street area was developed <br /> in the 1890s and early 1900s as one of rental houses (see Area form G), Charles Harrington seems to have lived in this house <br /> himself and was still residing there in 1924. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES ❑see continuation sheet <br /> Lexington Directory. 1899, 1906, 1924. <br /> Lexington Valuation Lists. 1896-1897. <br /> ❑ Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked,you must attach a completed National <br /> Register Criteria Statement form. <br />