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FORM B - BUILDING 462
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108
an Lexington
dress 14 Vine Brook Road
storic Name Russell-Raymond-Valentine
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5 Original barn
~� DESCRIPTION:
ate nineteenth century
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Show property's location in relation Style
to nearest cross streets and/or
geographical features. Indicate Architect
all buildings between inventoried
property and nearest intersection. Exterior wall fabric clapboards
Indicate north.
Outbuildings
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from barn to house (1941)
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d G'`fd Moved Massachusetts Avenue Date 1941
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Approx. acreage 8495 ft,2
Recorded by Anne Grady Setting Residential street of houses of
Organization Lexington Historical Commission mixed date, some moved here from elsewherE
Date April, 1984
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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and
evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.)
This house, when converted from a barn to a house, was given Colonial
Revival trim of a pedimented entrance and wall dormers.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state
history and how the building relates to the development of the community.)
For a history of the house to which this barn was attached, see 32 Vine
Brook Road form. `The building was moved to this site from ,Massachusetts Avenue
in 1941.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher)
Letter from Edwin B. Worthen to Eugene Viano, February 7, 1941.
Snapshots of house moving. Worthen Collection, Cary Memorial Library.
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