Historic Structure Report, Part I, Architectural Data: The Josiah Nelson House (Bldg. No. LIN-3), Minute Man National Historical Park Project
Keune RV. 1963. Historic Structure Report, Part I, Architectural Data: The Josiah Nelson House (Bldg. No. LIN-3), Minute Man National Historical Park Project. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Eastern Office, Design and Construction
This report is the Architectural Data Section, part of the Historic Structures Report, for the Josiah Nelson House at Minute Man National Historical Park. The house burned to the ground on July 4, 1908. The house was part of the Nelson farm. The owner and occupant was a member of the Lincoln Minute Men and was the individual responsible for spreading alarm to the town of Bedford on April 19, 1775. Prior to this, the road in front of the house was the scene of an encounter between himself and British officers. The earliest documentary evidence uncovered to the date of this report that shows a house on this site is a Lincoln town map of 1758. From all evidence available at this time, it is likely that the wood frame house was two stories in height with a garret and stone cellar, had an equal gable roof and was rectangular in plan with one room to either side of a central brick chimney. The report describes existing conditions, available architectural data, recommendations, and illustrations.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Keune, Russell
- Date of Issue
- 1963-02
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- MIMA , NER
- Keywords
- burned, cellar foundation, fire, foundations, house site, Nelson farm, Revolutionary War, stone wall
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 006551: John Nelson House