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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address LEXINGTON 11 HARRINGTON ROAD MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 57 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: A brief mention in the Lexington Minute-man on April 30, 1897 noted that"Dr. Tilton's residence has been moved from its old site to a position near the adjoining church property and on the vacated location Mrs. Tilton's father is to erect for his daughter a handsome modern residence. The family will occupy the old house during the process of building the new and everything has been arranged as conveniently as possible,with this idea in view. The only difference will be that they will view affairs from a higher altitude,the house remaining on the timbers on which it was moved,raised several feet higher in the air". A few months later,the newspaper published a detailed description of the new house: Mr. A.C. Washburn, one of Lexington's most successful carpenters and builders,has just completed for the occupancy of Dr. J.O. Tilton and family an example of his skill and workmanship of which he may well feel proud. The structure stands at the head of Lexington Green,next to the old First Parish church, occupying the site of the old Simon W.Robinson house,which Dr. Tilton purchased some time ago and remodelled into a pleasant and comfortable home that which has now been given place to the modern and elegantly appointed home which has all the advantages of the exceptionally fine location of the old house which is to be moved away. The house has a commanding appearance,yet is of no particular style of architecture,but is also a pleasing example of a residence adapted to our New England climate and ways, so that it appears in good taste and is attractive as well. A spacious open veranda and a recessed and pillared piazza are the most striking features of the exterior. The doctor's quarters are distinct from the main house and have a separate entrance. They consist of an office or waiting room, an operating room, filled with all kinds of convenient apparatus, cabinets, etc., and a toilette room perfect in its appointments. These rooms face on a passageway which leads into the large main hall of the house, which has its own.street entrance. The hall and living room are practically one,the former being finished in sycamore,with handsome fire place of pressed brick, and the latter in oak,with a finely proportioned stairway, broken half way up by a spacious landing with clustered windows and a broad window seat. The hall and sitting room have a rich tapestry paper, in dull red and olive tones. The reception room and dining room are on either side of the hall and are both finished in white enamel,which contrasts with handsome effect in the reception room,with a rich-toned scarlet and maroon paper. The dining room has a finely proportioned and carved mantle, while the side board is built into the room and is finished in mahogany to match the furnishings; a large bay, opening out of the room, is arranged to accommodate plants and the room is hung above the decorated buckrum wainscoting with a green-toned tapestry paper. The housekeeping departments are especially complete and convenient in their arrangement, consisting of a large china closet, a pantry finished in hard pine with the ice chest built into the same, a laundry and a large store room,besides the kitchen with its usual fittings. There are five rooms on the second floor,two of which have connected toilette rooms and all are hung with artistic papers. The third floor also affords ample room for well proportioned sleeping apartments. The linen closet and bath are also important adjuncts to the house,the latter being furnished with open plumbing,nickel plated fixtures, enameled tub and a handsome flooring of white tiles,while the walls are enameled and suitably decorated and finished. There are numerous attractive features about the house which cannot be enumerated here, aside from a passing mention of artistic gas and electric light fixtures, electric bells, and tastefully tinted ceilings and finely finished wood work. This latter work was done under the skillful supervision of Mr. J.S. Scott,which is a guarantee of its excellence(Lexington Minute-man, October 15, 1897).