The David Lane House is a historic house at 137 North Road in
Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. The main block of this story wood frame Cape style house was built in the 1780s by David Lane, who was a
fifer
A fifer is a non-combatant military occupation of a foot soldier who originally played the fife during combat. The practice was instituted during the period of Early Modern warfare to sound signals during changes in formation, such as the line ...
in the Bedford minute company at the
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord ...
in 1775. There is architectural evidence suggesting that part of the house was built by his grandfather, Job Lane, about 1720. The house has high-quality interior woodwork dating to the time of the house's construction.
The house was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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See also
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
References
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Houses in Bedford, Massachusetts
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