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BUILDING FORM(125 Grant Street) <br /> ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION <br /> Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the <br /> community. <br /> Located at the corner of Grant Street and Saddleclub Road, 125 Grant Street is a vernacular two-story building which may <br /> have been originally constructed as an outbuilding or barn and which may have been moved to this site in the late 19th or <br /> early 20th century. The side-gabled building is sheathed in wood shingles and rests on a stone foundation with a brick veneer <br /> on the front of the foundation. A single brick chimney with a corbel cap rises off the ridge of the asphalt-shingled roof. <br /> The facade displays a fenestration pattern which is irregular and appears to substantiate the building's original non- <br /> residential use. There are five openings on the first floor of the facade including an offcenter modern six-panel door with <br /> upper glass panes in the second bay. The door is set in a simple surround and is fronted by a brick stoop. The other first <br /> floor openings contain 6/6 sash with heavy muntins and molded surrounds. There are three windows on the second story of <br /> the facade, placed roughly at the center and two ends of the elevation and extending under the front eaves which project <br /> slightly. <br /> The east end of the building is a single bay deep with a modern casement window on the first floor and a 6/6 sash above. The <br /> west end displays two bays of 6/6 windows and is fronted by a single-story screened porch of recent construction. Behind the <br /> main block there is a single-story bump-out on the east side and a two-story ell aligned with the west end. <br /> The)house is set close to Grant Street with a 1 1/2-story barn/garage located to the east. The wood-shingled building <br /> preently rests on a concrete foundation and displays a saltbox profile. There are two overhead vertical board doors facing <br /> the Ttreet and a hatch door above. A modern 6/6 window lights the east end. <br /> HISTORICAL NARRATIVE <br /> Describe the history of the building. Explain its associations with local(or state) history. Include uses of the building and <br /> the role(s) the owners/occupants played within the community. <br /> The early history of this house is not known with any certainty. There are those that believe that the house was originally <br /> constructed as a barn and moved to this site and converted to residential use in the late 19th or early 20th century. (There is <br /> no house on this site at the time of the 1875 map.) It has been suggested that the building may have been relocated from the <br /> Hayes Estate although this could not be verified. <br /> In Tracing the Past, Edwin Worthen makes no mention of the house being moved to its present location. He notes that the <br /> house"sits at an angle to the street and, in the old style, faces due south." According to Worthen in 1830 Otis Locke bought <br /> 4 1/2 acres of turf meadow from Dr. Leonard Proctor and in 1835 he was assessed for a new house(the present 125 Grant <br /> Street). In 1852 the major part of the farm passed to Hiram Reed who immediately sold it to George W. Piper. In 1856 the <br /> property passed to Emory Piper who sold it to Jasper Ferdinand in 1860. The property was subsequently deeded to Francis <br /> B. Hayes on May 21, 1863 (Worthen, p. 25-26). Hayes (1819-1884)owned nearly four hundred acres on Granny Hill, <br /> Meriam Street. <br /> The 1906 Atlas indicates that this property (then including two buildings and two smaller outbuildings)was then owned by <br /> the,Hayes Estate. By 1908 the house had been sold by the Hayes estate to John McKeamey. The house is located on part of <br /> Lot 109 of the Oakmount Park subdivision. In 1909 McKeamey was assessed for a cow and a house valued at$750. The <br /> town history indicates that John Francis McKeamey came to Lexington in 1882 and had nine children. Directories indicate <br /> that he was employed as a laborer. Prior to living here, McKeamey lived on Hayes Avenue. The house is still owned by <br /> McKeamey descendants today. <br /> Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must attached a completed <br /> National Register Criteria Statement form. <br />