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The exquisite tracery and carving over and above the front door, and the white imported marble window lintels spin an elaborate and marvelously fine lacework of white over the handsome red brick façade. THE EXQUISITE TRACERY AND CARVING OVER AND ABOVE THE FRONT DOOR AND THE WHITE IMPORTED MARBLE WINDOW LINTELS SPIN AN ELABORATE AND MARVELLOUSLY FINE LACE WORK OF WHITE OVER THE HANDSOME RED BRICK FACADE
 without amusing and edifying elements, and the scenery of Weymouth is worthy of the détour that strangers rarely make. "Old Spain" is the romantic name for an uninteresting part of the township, and, conversely, Commercial Street is the uninteresting name for a romantic part. It is along a highway stigmatized by such a name that one gets the glimpses of a Constable country: glimpses of rolling meadows, of fertile groves, of cattle grazing in elm-shaded pastures, of a road winding contentedly among simple, ancient cottages, and quiet, thrifty farms. These are the homes which belong, and have belonged for generations, to people who are neither rich nor poor; cozy, quaint, suggesting in an odd way the thatched-roof cottages of England. Not that all of Weymouth's homes are of this order. The Asa Webb Cowing house, which terminates Commercial Street within a stone's throw of the square of the town of Weymouth, is one of the very finest examples of the Colonial architecture in this country. T THE HISTORY OF WEYMOUTH IS NOT WITHOUT AMUSING AND EDIFYING ELEMENTS AND THE SCENERY OF WEYMOUTH IS WORTHY OF THE DETOUR THAT STRANGERS RARELY MAKE OLD SPAIN IS THE ROMANTIC NAME FOR AN UNINTERESTING PART OF THE TOWNSHIP AND CONVERSELY COMMERCIAL STREET IS THE UNINTERESTING NAME FOR A ROMANTIC PART IT IS ALONG A HIGHWAY STIGMATIZED BY SUCH A NAME THAT ONE GETS GLIMPSES OF A CONSTABLE COUNTRY GLIMPSES OF ROLLING MEADOWS OF FERTILE GROVES OF CATTLE GRAZING IN ELM SHADED PASTURES OF A ROAD WINDING CONTENTEDLY AMONG SIMPLE ANCIENT COTTAGES AND QUIET THRIFTY FARMS THESE ARE THE HOMES WHICH BELONG AND HAVE BELONGED FOR GENERATIONS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE NEITHER RICH NOR POOR COZY QUAINT SUGGESTING IN AN ODD WAY THE THATCHED ROOFED COTTAGES OF ENGLAND NOT THAT ALL OF WEYMOUTH'S HOMES ARE OF THIS ORDER THE AESA WEB COWING HOUSE WHICH TERMINATES COMMERCIAL STREET WITHIN A STONE'S THROW OF THE SQUARE OF THE TOWN OF WEYMOUTH IS ONE OF THE VERY FINEST EXAMPLES OF COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE IN THIS COUNTRY
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