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entrance in the leftmost bay. The three first-floor windows are set in round-arch openings, while the four on the second are set in segmented-arch openings. The west facade originally housed the openings for the fire house, with three large round-arch openings now filled with wood paneling and windows below, and single segmented-arch windows flanking a central pair of narrow windows in the center bay. At the northeast corner, a wood-frame tower with Stick style decoration rises to a gable-over-hip roof.
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871:206 West St.
811:129 High St.
796:11 Beach St.
756:Durgin House
716:Brande House
616:Bill Russell
566:Joshua Eaton
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492:Compugraphic
475:Institutions
436:Demographics
424:20th Century
419:19th Century
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1831:Other lists
1791:Southbridge
1671:Marlborough
1625:Springfield
1558:New Bedford
1071:Dewey Place
1043:(Buildings)
971:Pratt House
881:Lewis House
845:Summer Av.
571:Mark Erelli
531:Attractions
220:The former
193:Reading MRA
149: /
125:Coordinates
1912:Categories
1721:Winchester
1696:Somerville
1656:Framingham
1584:Gloucester
1553:Fall River
1532:Barnstable
1439:Barnstable
1207:Wilmington
1091:Kemp Place
830:Salem St.
749:Washington
441:Government
414:Settlement
322:2014-02-16
270:References
134:42°31′26″N
1801:Worcester
1737:Brookline
1706:Wakefield
1661:Lexington
1646:Cambridge
1641:Arlington
1504:Worcester
1484:Nantucket
1479:Middlesex
1474:Hampshire
1444:Berkshire
1293:Wakefield
1237:Pinehurst
1217:Lynnfield
1086:Kemp Barn
939:Nathaniel
934:Salem St.
929:Haven St.
694:Nathaniel
621:Tom Silva
446:Education
431:Geography
377:Based in
232:in 1984.
170:Architect
1873:Category
1796:Uxbridge
1773:southern
1768:northern
1701:Stoneham
1691:Sherborn
1594:Lawrence
1508:northern
1494:Plymouth
1464:Franklin
1325:Category
1298:Template
1286:Template
1281:Stoneham
954:Stillman
643:(Houses)
581:Fred Foy
253:See also
205:84002810
137:71°6′7″W
114:Location
1838:Bridges
1806:eastern
1711:Waltham
1686:Reading
1676:Medford
1651:Concord
1604:Methuen
1589:Ipswich
1579:Andover
1563:Taunton
1537:Harwich
1499:Suffolk
1489:Norfolk
1469:Hampden
1449:Bristol
1248:Reading
1024:Ephraim
959:William
909:Richard
889:Charles
664:Wendell
409:History
404:Reading
1853:Boston
1763:Boston
1747:Quincy
1742:Milton
1716:Weston
1681:Newton
1666:Lowell
1382:Topics
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1004:Joseph
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744:Joseph
689:George
659:Samuel
654:Joseph
1609:Salem
1459:Essex
1454:Dukes
1029:Jabez
904:James
894:Jacob
839:79–81
684:Alden
543:NRHPs
162:Built
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