Simonds Tavern

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Simonds Tavern
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Simonds Tavern
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Location331 Bedford St.,
Lexington, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°28′3″N71°14′36″W / 42.46750°N 71.24333°W / 42.46750; -71.24333
Built1794
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 76000251 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 14, 1976

Simonds Tavern is a historic tavern building in Lexington, Massachusetts. It is a 2+12-story wood-frame structure, eight bays wide, with two front entrances and asymmetrically placed chimneys. The first portion of the building was built c. 1794 by Joshua Simonds, who also ran a tavern near Fiske Hill. He began operating a tavern at this site in 1802, and enlarged the building 1810 after Bedford Street was cut through the area. The building's interior has well-preserved Federal details. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1] It is now residences.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "MACRIS inventory record for Simonds Tavern". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-07.