A pillar of the community (Lincoln Through the Lens)

Before Friday’s snowstorm, cows and geese relax in the field on Old Sudbury Road with the storied Pillar House in the background. Editor’s note: the house was built in Newton as a private residence in 1828 and later became the Pillar House restaurant from 1951-2001. After the restaurant closed, Chris Brown and his family won the rights to the Pillar House in 2003 after the state seized the property at the junction of Rtes. 128 and 16 by eminent domain and sold it for $1 on the condition that it be dismantled and reassembled elsewhere. It’s now a private residence once again for Brown and his family. See Boston.com’s photo gallery about the building’s move and its earlier history. (Photo: Harold McAleer)