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BUILDING FORM ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION ❑see continuation sheet Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. 80 Bedford St. (MHC #750) is one of a number of hip-roofed Colonial Revival houses in Lexington,but is not in as good condition as many others. The house is square, 2'/2 stories,three-by-three bays, and hip-roofed with a center chimney. It is set on a fieldstone foundation, clad with wood clapboards, and roofed with asphalt shingles. A small hip-roofed rear addition with an exterior chimney is on a concrete block foundation. The front entry,with a stone wall and stairs that appear to be original, is now enclosed in a structure with many windows and elliptical fanlights that is probably a later addition;windows in the house are 2/1 double hung sash. There is a triangular dormer on the front slope of the roof and hipped dormers on the east and west slopes. A small octagonal window is located under the cornice on the facade, a one-story three-sided oriel is on the east elevation, and there is a three-sided bay on the west elevation. A circular one-story bay with a split conical roof is located on the northeast corner. The hip-roofed barn (MHC#751)has a triangular dormer with a hay lift on the front that matches the front dormer of the house. The original part of the barn is now a two-car garage with a flat-roofed extension on the south for two more cars. At the rear,a gabled-addition on the roof is accessed by exterior stairs. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE ❑see continuation sheet Discuss the history of the building. Explain its associations with local(or state) history. Include uses of the building, and the role(s) the owners/occupants played within the community. Lexington assessors' records indicate this house was built in 1895 by George A. Vickery, a brushmaker, for he bought the land on which it stands in 1893 without any buildings but was assessed in 1896 for a house on the land, indicating it had been built the previous year. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES ❑ see continuation sheet Lexington Valuation Lists. 1893-1896. Middlesex Registry of Deeds. Deeds. Cambridge, MA. 2169: 128; 2706: 5, 6; 2886: 59. ❑ Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked,you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form.