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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and <br /> evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) <br /> North end: five bays wide, center chimnev, dentil course at cornice, <br /> handsome door with crossetted architrave, fluted pilasters, simple entablature <br /> with straight modillioned cornice. Graduated clapboards on north end. South <br /> end: 1810 expansion continues dentil course at roof cornice, door nearly the <br /> same as north end but with crossetting. South end brick with twin parapet <br /> chimneys. Interior noteworthy for fine panelling in north end living room and <br /> dining room. Smoke chamber access off stair landing into center chimney. <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state <br /> history and how the building relates to the development of the community.) <br /> Joshua Simonds (1770-1858) , son of Minute Man Joshua Simonds, married <br /> Abigail Cutler 1794. Joshua Simonds kept a public house on what is now <br /> assachusetts Avenue at the foot of Fiske Hill, as well as opening this as a <br /> tavern in 1802. The town increased greatly -when the new section of Bedford <br /> Street was cut through in 1806 leading to the 1810 addition. The bar was <br /> placed at the juncture of the two sections so both doors opened to barroom <br /> space. Simonds tavern was one of 12 taverns which served the drovers bringing <br /> _ cattle and goods down from Vermont and New Hampshire. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) <br /> Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington. <br /> Proceedings, Lexington Historical Society, Volume I, 1880. 'Old Taverns" <br /> SPNEA. Picture file has photographs of interior panelling (1926; but 1976 <br /> panelling still intact) <br /> 10M - 7/82 <br />