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ISAAC & ELLEN LESEM HOUSE / 1449 MAINE
> Built for a dry goods entrepreneur and noted civic & religious leader > Exuberant high-style Queen Anne features of complicated massing and a rich array of surfaces, with an elaborate carriage house in the rear
1890 / QUEEN ANNE / HARVEY CHATTEN architect
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JONATHAN PARKHURST HOUSE / 1461 MAINE > Built for co-founder of the Newcomb Hotel and former mayor of Quincy > Splendid example of the Italianate style with heavy cornices and decorative dental molding; the current owners have enhanced the grounds with lush landscaping complete with a Fairy garden
1869 / ITALIANATE / architect unknown
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DRICUS & FANNY SNITJER HOUSE / 1469 MAINE
> One of the most photographed houses in Quincy; an elaborate mansard roof its crowning glory > Used as a college prep school in 1900 with author Samuel Clemens as a patron
1876 / FRENCH SECOND EMPIRE / JOHN MCKEAN architect
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