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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and <br /> evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) <br /> Although the construction date of this house has not been ascertained, it <br /> is transitional between the Second Period and the Federal Period in style. The <br /> chief Second Period feature is the substantial central chimney. The five-bay- <br /> wide, one-room-deep configuration is consistent with both periods, but the low <br /> roof pitch is a Federal characteristic. Roof framing is of principal rafters <br /> and purlins, a system used in Lexington throughout the eighteenth century and <br /> early nineteenth century. Fireplace foundation of two brick piers with timbers <br /> (see Continuation Sheet) <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 /> Very little has been written about the history of this house or its <br /> residents, and it is strongly recommended that more research be done in a future <br /> phase of this project. What is known is that in 1852 this house was owned by an <br /> L. Turner, presumably Capt. Larkin Turner, a sea captain who became a Lexington <br /> resident in 1840, and by 1889 by Matthew Gately, one of the Irish residents of <br /> the Woburn Street area, who is listed in the 1887 Directory as a stone contractor. <br /> In 1906 the house was owned by Patrick Mulvey, a laborer. As early as 1876 the <br /> house is shown on maps with a large ell on the east, which has since been removed, <br /> and a 1923 photo shows the house with a portico and balustrade. The present <br /> tenants have heard there was a barn on the adjoining lot, now 10-12-14 Vine <br /> Street, and that this house was the farmhouse for the surrounding land. But, as <br /> stated before, more research needs to be done. <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, pp. 710-711. Boston: <br /> Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. <br /> Lexington Historical Society archives, Burr Church collection. <br /> 1830 map <br /> 1853 map <br /> 1876 map <br /> 1889 map <br /> 1898 map <br /> 1908 Sanborn atlas <br /> 1887 Directory <br /> 1906 Directory <br /> 10M - 7/82 <br />