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The Oldest Houses in Lexington
John & Lydia Mulliken House
1377 Massachusetts Avenue
ca. 1795
It is believed that this house was built for John Mulliken, son of Lexington clockmaker Nathaniel Mulliken. It stands on the site of the early 18th century Raymond Tavern.
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Sanderson House
1314 Massachusetts Avenue
ca. 1735, ca. 1772
This mid-18th century house stands adjacent to the Munroe Tavern. It was occupied at the time of the Battle of Lexington by Samuel and Mary (Munroe) Sanderson. A British soldier wounded during the Battle was temporary lodged here.
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Joseph & Lucy Smith House
50 Kendall Road
ca. 1765
A mid-18th century house that was moved from its original Lexington location (29 Allen Street) in 1988, continuing a longstanding New England tradition of relocating rather than destroying old properties.
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Reed Homestead
72 Lowell Street
1785-1789
Built in 1785 for newlyweds Reuben and Elizabeth Reed, this house was occupied by members of the Reed family into the late 20th century.
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Levi & Rebekah Harrington House
5 Harrington Road
1794
The 1794 construction of this house is documented in a contract still preserved in the house. At the time of construction, the house sat between the First Parish Unitarian Church (third) meeting house and the Daniel Harrington house (demolished in 1875).
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Joshua & Abigail Simonds House
Simonds Tavern
331 Bedford Street
ca. 1795, ca. 1810
Late 18th/early 19th century tavern serving drovers moving livestock to Boston markets. Many period details of the tavern are well preserved.
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Underwood – Smith House
26 Blossom Street
1720 - 1760
An early 18th century house that was the home of Josiah Smith, Lexington Selectman during the early years of the American Revolution.
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Jonas & Susannah Bridge House
271 Marrett Road
1793-1798
Although the main portion of this house was built in the late 18th century, a wing of the house was possibly built much earlier at an unknown date, a mystery that will require dendrochronology (dating with tree growth rings) to resolve.
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Joseph Jr. & Elizabeth Fiske House
70 East Street
ca. 1794
Likely built for the newlyweds Elizabeth and Josiah Fiske Jr. Josiah was a physician who served in the Continental Army for 7 years.
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Thomas & Elizabeth Fessenden House
Bowman’s Tavern
837 Massachusetts Avenue
ca. 1770
Built for Lieutenant Thomas Fessenden and his wife Lucy. Fessenden gave long military service to the Revolutionary cause. The building was used as a tavern by Francis Bowman and his successors from 1821-1843.
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Mason - Munroe House
1303 Massachusetts Avenue
1731-37, ca. 1820, ca. 1860
An early 18th century home likely built for John Mason Jr. and his wife Lydia. It was later owned by Jonas Munroe and his descendants, of the Munroe Tavern family, for nearly 100 years.
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William E. & Katherine F. Harmon House
Levi Mead House & Abiel Chandler Store
1445 Massachusetts Avenue
ca. 1790, ca. 1816, ca. 1895
This house is unusual in that the older section, built ca. 1790 by Levi Mead, was likely moved from the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Woburn Street and joined to a ca. 1816 structure built on the present site as a store by Daniel Chandler.
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