. Historic homes of New England . 3O >> o Piu > XX H < •J. w ~- ^ , i \ k*-- ^n Plate LXXIX. — Doorway, Royall House. THE ROYALL HOUSE Lieutenant-governor John Usher, brother-in-lawof Colonel Lidgett, came into possession of thehouse through the entanglement of its owner inlawsuits. During his possession he enlarged it bybuilding a lean-to on the west side, leaving theoriginal brick wall to form a partition between theeastern and western rooms. By careful inspection of this brick work on thesouth side of the building, one can follow the orig-inal outline of the gable end. There is
. Historic homes of New England . 3O >> o Piu > XX H < •J. w ~- ^ , i \ k*-- ^n Plate LXXIX. — Doorway, Royall House. THE ROYALL HOUSE Lieutenant-governor John Usher, brother-in-lawof Colonel Lidgett, came into possession of thehouse through the entanglement of its owner inlawsuits. During his possession he enlarged it bybuilding a lean-to on the west side, leaving theoriginal brick wall to form a partition between theeastern and western rooms. By careful inspection of this brick work on thesouth side of the building, one can follow the orig-inal outline of the gable end. There is a littlewindow in the lean-to, differing in finish from thetwo others dbove it and yet not in line with directs the attention to the second period inthe evolution of this historic mansion. Lieutenant-governor Usher was Councilor andTreasurer of Massachusetts under Andros. Hemarried the daughter of Peter Lidgett, and lateron married for a second wife the daughter of GeorgeAllen, who bought the New Hampshire grantsfrom the heirs of Mason. This home on the
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