Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Photograph of Jonathan Harrington House at 1 Harrington Road |
Object ID Number |
10098 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Mounted black and white photograph of Jonathan Harrington House at 1 Harrington Road. This photo was taken prior to the considerable alterations done in 1910. Harrington Road was once known as Elm Avenue. ___ Information taken from Massachusetts Historical Commission Lexington Cultural Resources Survey: From this house, Harrington's wife watched the Battle of Lexington, April 19th, 1775, as her husband faced British fire. Mortally wounded, he crawled to the steps of his house to die in his wife's arms. In the 1820's, John Augustus shoemaker lived here. Augustus took into his home wayward boys who had been given prison sentences and taught them his trade, thus creating the idea of a probation system as an alternative to incarceration. In 1910, the house was "restored" by architect Leroy Brown. The nineteenth century door apparent in early photographs was changed to present overly elaborate modillioned crossetted and pedimented state. "House altered considerably by owner Leroy Brown and architect Willard D. Brown in 1910. Central chimney removed; front stairway replaced; two rooms to the left of the front door converted into one room (also true in bedchambers above); and new, reproduction front doorway installed; porch added to the west." S. Lawrence Whipple, 1984 |
Print size |
8"h x 10"w |
Collection |
Properties and Landmarks Collection |
Copyright |
public domain |