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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and <br /> evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) <br /> One of the few Shingle Style cottages on Meriam Hill, this is a house <br /> of simple design. The most prominent feature is the broad gambrel roof which <br /> encompasses the second and third floors and supports two large shed dormers. <br /> This house was well received by the local newspaper which described it as "a <br /> quaint cottage amid some dwarf pines . . . , particularly pleasing and <br /> picturesque and appropriate to its size and location." <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 /> Mr. Saunders of Cambridge built this house. He was the son of a mayor <br /> of that city and the brother of Mrs. R.P. Clapp who lived at 27 Meriam Street. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) <br /> Lexington Minute Man, March 16, 1894, August 3, 1894, August 2 , 1895. <br /> IOM - 7/82 <br />