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SKETCH MAP
Draw map showing property's DESCRIPTION:
N location in relation to nearest
cross streets and other buildings Date c. 1885-1895
or geographical features.
Indicate north. Source stylistic analysis
Style Queen Anna
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Recorded by Henry V. Taves ; Anne Gradv Setting Residential street; houses of
Organization Lexington Historical Comm. mixed date and size.
Date 6/25/80 ; March, 1984
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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (describe important architectural features and
evaluate in terms of other buildings within community)
Round side tower w/bell-shaped top. 2z stories, end gable.
Irregular window placement. 6/1 double-hung sash.
Stone foundation.
3rd floor front, triple 9/2 window in incised round arch.
This is one of three carriage houses on Meriam Hill that have been
remodeled into dwellings. The building, with its tower with bell-shaped roof,
half-timbered gable treatment, and subtle recessed arch below, was probably
Lexington's most elaborate carriage house. Also noteworthy is the fact that
the design did not match that of the Italianate main house in the least.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (explain the role owners played in local or state history
and how the building relates to the development of the community)
The carriage house or stable, an attached shed, hen house and dwelling
were built by Benjamin Franklin Brown, an insurance agent in Boston. Brown's
property had one of the highest assessments in Lexington in 1897, and an
historic photograph shows an elegant estate. In 1924 Hallie Blake sold the
structure to Wesley Wadman. Shortly thereafter, the rear portion of the
building was separated, moved to its present location at 6 Wadman Circle,
placed on a new foundation with basement, and remodeled as a dwelling. This
carriage house itself was subsequently remodelled into a dwelling.
BIBLIOC,RAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Lexington Historical Society Photograph Collection
Middlesex County Registry of Deeds, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Plan Book 180,
Plan 1, 1909.
Worthen, Edwin B. Unidentified newspaper clipping in scrap book in possession
of Elizabeth Wright.
Personal communication from Gary Lawson.
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