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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and <br /> evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) <br /> This is a Shingle Style house with a pronounced asymmetrical gable. <br /> There are porches on the north and east sides finished with simple brackets. <br /> Three dormers have pediments finished with half-timber detail. <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 /> Fy Abram C Washburn for <br /> The house was built / Arthur W. Newell, president of the Fourth <br /> National Bank in Boston. Mr. Newell and his daughter, Alice, were passengers <br /> on the Titanic. Newell died, but Alice survived. After the death of her <br /> husband, Mrs. Newell moved to a smaller house at 2 Audubon Road designed for <br /> her by Willard Brown. She died as Lexington's oldest resident at 103 in 1962. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) <br /> Plans in the possession of the owner. <br /> Description or the Newell House in the Lexington Minute Man, July 31, 1896. <br /> 10M - 7/82 <br />