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ARCHITECTURAL, SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) This small church is a creative blend of Shingle and Gothic Revival styles. Notable features are the carved wooden tracery in the stained glass windows and the treatment of the gable where half-timbering and a hood surround a larger window with tracery. Set forward from the facade and supporting the hood (originally the base of a spire) is a carved wooden cross. Although there are several other churches with Gothic elements in Lexington, the carved tracery and design of this church are unique. Fortunately, the windows were (see Continuation Sheet) HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state histor , and how the building relates to the development of the community.) The Episcopal Parish in Lexington was incorporated on October 15, 1885. The church was built within , vear. E.L. McNamara received the contract for stonework and "Witcher and Muzzy" supplied the frame. In 1954 the spire of the building blew off during hurricane Carol and landed upside down in the front yard with the tip 1 ed in the ground. A startling photograph of the event was widely published see attachment). In 1gs7 the Episcopal congregation moved to larger quarters on the north side of Meriam Street and the Greek Orthodox congregation purchased the building. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington, revised and continued to 1912 by the Lexington Historical Society, Volume I, pp. 374-376. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. Lexington Minute Man, November 13, 1885, January 15, 1886, September 9, 1954. 10M - 7/82