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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and <br /> evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) <br /> This is one of relatively few substantial houses built in the late <br /> nineteenth century in East Lexington,which did not share the suburban develop- <br /> ment experienced by Lexington Center then. Shingle Style in massing, it is <br /> embellished with a few decorative features including a porch with balustrade <br /> above with finials, and a lunette and oriel window. <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 /> The house was built by Rufus Wellington Holbrook (b. 1830, d. 1898) r <br /> shortly before his death,on land purchased from the Pierce family. Holbrook <br /> was in the milk and grocery business and from before 1875 until after 1906 a <br /> grocery store under his name was operated in the brick store on Massachusetts <br /> Avenue opposite Pleasant Street. Holbrook was a selectman from 1889 to 1893 <br /> and a member of the N.E. Associated California Pioneers of 1849. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) <br /> 1853 map <br /> 1875 atlas <br /> 1889 atlas <br /> 1898 atlas <br /> 1906 atlas <br /> 10M - 7/82 <br />