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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and <br /> evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) <br /> One of perhaps half-a-dozen late nineteenth century houses in Lexington <br /> in which the chief design feature is a gambrel roof which encompasses the <br /> second floor (called in a contemporary account a "duplex gambrel") , this well- <br /> preserved house is a focal point of the street because of its size and because <br /> it predates most of its neighbors by over 50 years. <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 /> By 1898 Frank I. Whittemore, a milk dealer, resided here. Dairy farming <br /> was Lexington's chief industry in the nineteenth century and the town was one <br /> of the largest producers of milk in the Commonwealth. By 1906 the house was <br /> occupied by James Walsh, a cotton dealer in Boston. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) <br /> 1898 atlas <br /> 1906 atlas <br /> -- 1894 Directory <br /> 1899 Directory <br /> 1906 Directory <br /> 10M - 7/82 <br />