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Assessor's Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
0057000081 Boston N. L_J 750, 751
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Town Lexington
Place (neighborhood or village)
Address 80 Bedford St.
Jif Historic Name George A. Vickery House
Uses: Present Residential
r r Original Residential
Date of Construction 1895
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Source Lexington Valuation lists
Style/Form Colonial Revival
Architect/Builder
Exterior Material:
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Foundation Fieldstone
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I Wall/Trim Wood Clapboard
' Roof Asphalt Shingle
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures Barn/Garage
U -_, - Major Alterations(with dates)
iR " Enclosed entry(date unknown)
Rear addition (date unknown)
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Condition Fair
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1A1 i Moved ® no ❑ yes Date
Acreage 1.2 A.
Setting On a rise above a street with constant traffic; in a
neighborhood of late 19th-and early 20th-century houses
Recorded by Nancy S. Seasholes
Organization Lexington Historical Commission
Date(month/year) April 1998
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form.
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.
INVENTORY ' M CONTINUATION SHEET Town PropertyAddress
Lexington :1 Bedford
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