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is <br /> Aof tvd v9 <br /> he never lived in it) <br /> Han Iij fill <br /> s, <br /> Nail — <br /> _ --r` - _ Recreation <br /> Religion <br /> Science/ <br /> �' ------ � kM _ invention <br /> Social/ <br /> - <br /> �;i` humanitarian <br /> ruiiLicai Transportation <br /> 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) <br /> Descrip- Columns - made in Lexington, Capitols carved in Boston. Ambrose Morell <br /> French, skillful in dying & handling furs, lived, kept store here. Feather clapboarding <br /> on rear. <br /> History: Built by Francis Bowman, owned by Obadiah Parker, operator of town's first <br /> private school.& Town Clerk. Financial difficulties led him to forgery & he skipped <br /> town c. 1804. Morell, French political refugee. Skillful in dying & dandling furs <br /> later acquired house. Friend of Emerson & Charles Follen. Daughter Elizabeth married <br /> Otis Dana at Follen Church, Emerson officiating - Otis,brother of Richard Henry Dana. <br /> Ellen Dana - daughter of this marriage. Miss Ellen Dana died 1913 (EW p.110) this house <br /> and remainder of estate left to Lexington Home for Aged People (incorporated 1905 (EW p.10 <br /> with gift of $1090 from Elizabeth W. Harrington.) Dana property sold 1916. Home for Aged <br /> buys 2027 Mass. Ave. (B-7) for "The Dana Home". <br /> Ellen Dana prominent in cultural & social courses, friend of Julia Ward Howe. <br /> Lafayette entertained by Morell when in Lexington in 1829. <br /> 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, <br /> early maps, etc.) <br /> Lex. Hist. Soc. Proceedings. Vol. 4 - 1908 <br /> "Architectural yesterdays in Lexington." - Fred Piper <br /> Ed . Worthen Calendar History, 1620-1946 <br /> 3/73 <br />