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ARCHITECT[TRAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and <br /> evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) <br /> One of several houses on this street put up speculatively by Abram C. <br /> Washburn, this is one of the builder's few ventures into the Colonial Revival <br /> style (6 Upland Road is another) . Original exterior features remain including <br /> a porch with paired columns and stickwork balustrade, a doorway With leaded <br /> glass sidelights, and a three-part window on the second level with dentil <br /> course above. <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 /> Abram C.Washburn was one of Lexington's most prolific builders in the <br /> late nineteenth century. In addition to building for others (such as the house <br /> at 2 Oakland Street) , he put up houses on speculation in several areas of town <br /> including the Upland Road/Glen Road area on b;eriam Hill, the Parker Street/ <br /> Forest Street area, and Bloomfield Street. (See 4 Glen Road form for more <br /> information on Washburn.) <br /> a <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) <br /> 1889 atlas <br /> 1898 map <br /> 1906 map <br /> 10NI - 7/82 <br />