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BUILDING FORM <br /> ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION ❑see continuation sheet <br /> Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. <br /> 11 Vine Brook Rd. is one of a number of Federal houses in Lexington but has lost some integrity by having been moved; other <br /> moved Federals are at 16 Manley Ct. (MHC#666), 14 Sherman St. (MHC#675), and 137 Grant St. (MHC#678). This house <br /> is rectangular, 2'/2 stories, five-by-two bays, and side-gabled with two rear chimneys. It is set on a concrete foundation,clad with <br /> wood clapboards, and roofed with asphalt shingles. At the rear is a one-story two-by-one bay front-gabled addition also on a <br /> concrete foundation. The center entrance is under a full-width porch;windows are 2/2 double hung sash. There are two gabled <br /> dormers on the front slope of the roof,the west gable is pedimented and has a lunette with lancet panes,but the east gable is not <br /> pedimented. At the rear is a tiny, front-gabled one-car garage. <br /> HISTORICAL NARRATIVE ❑see continuation sheet <br /> Discuss the history of the building. Explain its associations with local(or state) history. Include uses of the building, and the <br /> role(s) the owners/occupants played within the community. <br /> This house was originally on the south side of Massachusetts Ave. in Lexington Center approximately where the large Lexington <br /> Square building is today. The house is known as the Chandler Richardson House but was actually built by Abigail Estabrook <br /> sometime between 1816 and 1820, long before Chandler Richardson occupied it. Abigail Estabrook was a widow who seems to <br /> have been wealthy enough to own property and lend money. In 1816 when she bought the parcel of land on which this house later <br /> stood, it had on it a"tan house and vats." In 1820 when she sold the same parcel,however, it was described as having"an house, <br /> thus indicating that this house had been built in the interim. Historical maps show that the house was set facing Vine Brook with <br /> what is now the west gable end toward Massachusetts Ave. In 1821 the house was purchased by Aaron Richardson (1791-1874), <br /> a blacksmith,who had moved to Lexington in 1820. After his death, the house was occupied by his son, Chandler R. (1825- <br /> 1897),who was a surveyor. The house was moved its present location on Vine Brook Rd. about 1919 in preparation for the <br /> construction of a garage on the site now occupied by the Lexington Square building. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES ❑see continuation sheet <br /> Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington. Revised and continued to 1912 by the Lexington Historical Society. <br /> Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913. 2: 575-76. <br /> Middlesex Registry of Deeds. Deeds. Cambridge, MA. 218: 96; 232: 426; 237: 331. <br /> Whipple, S. Lawrence. Notes on Chandler Richardson House#11 Vine Brook Rd. In possession of S. Lawrence Whipple, <br /> Lexington, MA. <br /> Worthen, Edwin B. Notes on buildings burned,torn down,and moved. "Houses"file,Worthen Collection. Cary Library, <br /> Lexington, Mass. #45 <br /> . Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Dane, 23 May 1964. In possession of S. Lawrence Whipple,Lexington, MA. <br /> ❑ Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked,you must attach a completed National <br /> Register Criteria Statement form. <br />
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