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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) This substantial Greek Revival structure, although covered with aluminum _ siding, retains its original design including corner boards, broad frieze, pedimented gable, porch with chamfered hosts, and simple Greek Revival frontis- piece drawn from Asher Benjamin's Practice of Architecture (1833) . This is the First of manv houses in Lexington to be built by David A. Tuttle. By 1894 he had completed 39 houses in town. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community.) _ David Tuttle built the house for his own occupancy, but before 1853 he sold it to Augustus Wellington. Wellington, son of Nehemiah Wellington on Parrett Road (see 419 14arrett Road form) and a relative of the Gellingtors on Concord Avenue (see 177 Concord Avenue form) , was, like his cousins in South Lexington, in the milk business and was apparen v a very popular person in town. This house originally stood on r.assachusetts Avenue on the site of the present Hancock Church; it was moved to Parker Street in 1892 so that the church could be built. In 1898 and 1906 it was occupied by Elbridge 171. Glass, who was in the teamina business. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) Benjamin, Asher. Practice of Architecture. Boston: published by the author and Carter, Tendo and Company, 1833. Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington, revised and continued to 1912 by the Lexington Historical Society, Volume II, p. 733. Boston: Houghton iifflin Companv, 1913. David A. Tuttle's list of houses he built, 1904. Lexington Historical Societ-Y archives. 1853 map 1898 map .1906 map 1OM - 7/82