| Collection |
Edwin B. Worthen Collection |
| Date of photo |
1888 |
| Description |
Tap-room at Buckman Tavern, December 1888
"Fire place side-door is to the "old" kitchen. Tavern built about 1705. License issued to John Muzzey to keep a "public house" 1713.
Contents auctioned off November 9, 1912. Purchased by Town in 1913. Town paid $30,000. Lexington Historical Society raised $10,000. Total $40,000. Street widened 1927. Lady is Mrs. Caleb Stetson (Julia Ann Merriam), died August 1889."
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| Object ID |
Worthen.slide171 |
| Object Name |
Transparency, Lantern-slide |
| People |
Merriam, Julia Ann
Muzzey, John
Stetson, Julia Ann Merriam |
| Search Terms |
Bedford Street #1, Buckman Tavern
Buckman Tavern, Bedford Street #1
Lexington Historical Society |
| Subjects |
Auctions
Fireplaces
Public houses
Tap rooms |
| Title |
Buckman Tavern, tap room |
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