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FORM N0.
FORM B - BUILDING '
F i 340
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108
-wn Lexington
dress 2 Vine Street
stork Name Turner-Gately-Mulvey
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}� NESCRIPTION:
- _ - e c. 1790-1800
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Source stylistic analysis
SKETCH MAP
Show property' s location in relation Style Second--Period/Federal traten
to nearest cross streets and/or
geographical features. Indicate Architect
all buildings between inventoried
property and nearest intersection. Exterior wall fabric clapboard _
Indicate north.
Outbuildings_
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`� Major alterations (with dates) side ell_
Z � (barn?) removed; converted to two-family
residence (1949)
5 - Moved Date
D�URN Approx. acreage 0.3 acre _
Recorded by Nancy S. Seasholes/fi l— (YP,t Setting
Organization Lexington Historical Commission
Date April, 1984
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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and
evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.)
Although the construction date of this house has not been ascertained, it
is transitional between the Second Period and the Federal Period in style. The
chief Second Period feature is the substantial central chimney. The five-bay-
wide, one-room-deep configuration is consistent with both periods, but the low
roof pitch is a Federal characteristic. Roof framing is of principal rafters
and purlins, a system used in Lexington throughout the eighteenth century and
early nineteenth century. Fireplace foundation of two brick piers with timbers
(see Continuation Sheet)
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state
history and how the building relates to the development of the community.)
Very little has been written about the history of this house or its
residents, and it is strongly recommended that more research be done in a future
phase of this project. What is known is that in 1852 this house was owned by an
L. Turner, presumably Capt. Larkin Turner, a sea captain who became a Lexington
resident in 1840, and by 1889 by Matthew Gately, one of the Irish residents of
the Woburn Street area, who is listed in the 1887 Directory as a stone contractor.
In 1906 the house was owned by Patrick Mulvey, a laborer. As early as 1876 the
house is shown on maps with a large ell on the east, which has since been removed,
and a 1923 photo shows the house with a portico and balustrade. The present
tenants have heard there was a barn on the adjoining lot, now 10-12-14 Vine
Street, and that this house was the farmhouse for the surrounding land. But, as
stated before, more research needs to be done.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher)
Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington, revised and continued to
1912 by the Lexington Historical Society, Volume II, pp. 710-711. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913.
Lexington Historical Society archives, Burr Church collection.
1830 map
1853 map
1876 map
1889 map
1898 map
1908 Sanborn atlas
1887 Directory
1906 Directory
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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community: Form No:
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL CCWISSION Lexington 340
Office of the Secretary, Boston
Property Name: 2 vine Street
Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below.
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE
laid across their tops to support the superstructure has been noted elsewhere
in town in late eighteenth and turn of the nineteenth century houses. Some
simple Federal finishes survive on the interior: two mantelpieces with mitered,
molded fireplace surrounds broad friezes and molded mantel shelves; plain board
dado with half round moldings applied in large rectangles; and staircase trim
of slim newel and handrail and balusters which are square in profile.
Staple to Inventory form at bottom