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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (describe important architectural features and <br /> evaluate in terms of other buildings within community) <br /> Complex form 4 plan (irregular) . <br /> Overhang w/exposed eaves. <br /> One of Willard Brown's earliest and most original houses, this building <br /> incorporates many of the architect's favorite features including the low <br /> hovering roof with "eyebrow" feature, broad eave overhang with exposed rafters, <br /> and emphasis on the building's horizontality through devices such as <br /> -- the linear division of shingles every third row on the lower story. <br /> (see Continuation Sheet) <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICPuNCE (explain the role owners played in local or state history <br /> and how the building relates to the development of the community) <br /> - F. Brown = older brother of architect W. Brown. <br /> The building was designed for Fred K. Brown, cashier of the Bunker Hill <br /> National Bank in Boston, by his younger brother, architect Willard Brown. Land <br /> of their father's estate had been recently subdivided and both brothers built <br /> homes there (Willard's is at 20 Meriam Street) . <br /> OV <br /> - _ <br /> !1 it•111 !rl - <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCLS <br /> Album of works by Willard Brown, Lexington Historical Society. <br /> Boston Globe, October 22, 1982. <br /> Hudson,• Charles. History of the Town of Lexington, revised and continued to <br /> 1912 by the Lexington Historical Society, Volume II, p. 71. Boston: <br /> Houghton Mifflin, 1913. <br /> (see Continuation SheeMM-2/80 <br />