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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and <br /> evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) <br /> One of the more modest of the late nineteenth century P•ieriam Hill <br /> houses, this is a house of L-shaped plan. A three-sided bay to the left side <br /> culminates in a three-sided peaked roof which suggests an engaged turret. <br /> Staggered butt shingles are used in the gable for texture. This is one of the <br /> many houses in Lexington finished with clapboards on the first level and <br /> shingles above. <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 /> The house was built in 1887 by David A. Tuttle, prolific local builder, <br /> for McDonai.d. In 1903 it was owned by local merchant Frederick C. Jones,who <br /> sold newsparers and men' s furnishings, etc. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) <br /> David A. Tuttle, manuscript list of houses he built, written 1904. Lexington <br /> Historical Society Collection. <br /> 10M - 7/82 <br />