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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and <br /> evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) <br /> This is probably one of the earliest of the Country Federal/ Greek <br /> Revival houses in East Lexington. The roof is constructed with a five-sided <br /> ridge pole, typical of c. 1800 buildings in Lexington, rather than the narrow <br /> board placed vertically which is the characteristic ridge pole of c. 1830 <br /> roof construction there. The building has the typical 5-bay wide, one-room <br /> deep configuration with rear chimney and small stair hall behind the entrance. <br /> (see Continuation Sheet) <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 /> L. (Luther) Spaulding is listed as occupant of the farm in 1853. About <br /> 1860 George Wyman Adams (1819-•1905) was the owner. In 1889 the Cotton family <br /> purchased the property from Adems. Henry Ward Beecher Cotton, a lawyer and <br /> member of the Common Council in Boston, resided here. His son, Judge Joseph <br /> R. Cotton, inherited the property and lived here until he sold to the current <br /> owners. <br /> Further research is neec.ed to clarify the original owner and building <br /> date of this house. <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, pp. 8, 131, 657. <br /> Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. <br /> Research notes by Yvonne Schwemmer, 1976. <br /> 10M - 7/82 <br />