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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and <br /> evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) <br /> The house shares with other houses in the Bloomfield Street area of <br /> similar date asymmetrical massing, exterior finishes combining, clapboards and <br /> patterned shingles (in this case, staggered butt shingles on the second level) , <br /> and porches with Queen Anne detail. This house and numbers 27 and 37 on either <br /> side were nearly identical when constructed. This one is the best preserved <br /> of the three. <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 /> First owner, Frank ;Iarren Coburn, had a stationery and printing_ business <br /> and was a dealer in rare books. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) <br /> Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of_ Lexinaton, revised and continued to <br /> 1912 by the Lexington Historical Society, Volume II, p. 116. Boston: <br /> Houghton ?yifflin, 1913. <br /> 1887 Directory <br /> 1889 atlas <br /> 1906 atlas <br /> 10M - 7/82 <br />