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FORM B - BUILDING AREFORM NO.
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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108
7n Lexington
a - tress 24 Parker Street
;toric Name Talcott House
-F - - Present residential
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Original residential
)ESCRIPTION:
— _ = :.e c. 1885
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Source 1889 roan
SKETCH MAP
Show property's location in relation Style shingle-Style vernacular
to nearest cross streets and/or
geographical features. Indicate Architect
all buildings between inventoried
property and nearest intersection. Exterior wall fabric clapboards, shingles
Indicate north.
O Outbuildings
A Major alterations (with dates)
Moved Date
Approx. acreage 12600 ft.2
Recorded by Anne Grade, 11ancy S. Seasholes Setting Residential street developed in
Organization Lexington Historical Commission the second half of the nineteenth century.
- Date April, 1984
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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and
evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.)
This is one of the best preserved houses on Parker Street. Its
original finishes are intact. Features include patterned shingles in the
front and side gables, and a porch with turned posts and a spindle frieze.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state
history and how the building relates to the development of the community.)
_ This house was built between 1875 and 1889; in the latter year the
owner was George A. Vickery, a brush-maker who worked in Boston. In 1898 it
was owned by George M. Litchfield, whose occupation is not listed in the
1899 Directory, and in 1906 by Fred H. Talcott, an apothecary.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher)
1889 map
1898 map
1906 map
1887 Directory
1899 Directory
1906 Directory
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