A variation on their somewhat more elaborate house at 266 Beacon Street (BB14) of the year before, 412 Beacon repeats the limestone material, four-bay width, and rusticated base but strips away the pilasters that had done much to organize and enrich the previous facade. As if to compensate for their omission, the lion masks of the frieze have been much
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