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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and <br /> evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) <br /> This large dwelling built in 1891 displays Italianate features popular <br /> several decades earlier: a central gable, paired brackets at the eaves, and <br /> corner panelled pilasters. The building retains cast iron cresting at the <br /> center of the hip roof, one of several examplesof metal cresting in <br /> Lexington. <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 /> Hiram Janvrin, a hardware dealer in Boston, built the house in 1891. <br /> Janvrin was one of the largest stockholders in the Lexington Land Company, <br /> which developed the rest of the land on Munroe Hill adjacent to his property. <br /> Social life of the new, more affluent residents of Lexington on Meriam <br /> and Munroe hills was chronicled by the local newspaper. A talent evening at <br /> the Janvrins in 1892,includirg recitations, charades, tableaux, and music, <br /> both instrumental and vocal,. was a typical event. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) <br /> Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington, revised and continued to <br /> 1912 by the Lexington Historical Society, Volume II, p. 322. Boston: <br /> Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. <br /> Lexington Minute Man, June 21, 1891, August 19, 1892. <br /> Reinhardt, Elizabeth Wright. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Boston <br /> University. <br /> 10M - 7/82 <br />