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Wright's Tavern is a historic tavern located in the center of Concord, Massachusetts. It is now a National Historic Landmark owned by the Society of the First Parish, Concord, with important associations with the Battle of Lexington and Concord at the start of the American Revolution .
From Concord to Lexington on Massachusetts Route 2A 42°28′09″N 71°21′01″W / 42.4692°N 71.3504°W / 42.4692; -71.3504 ( Minute Man National Historical Boundary increase (added 2002-11-29): Lexington, MA
Core of house is believed to date from as early 1634, but is now extensively renovated [46] [47] and currently operated as a tavern. [48] No dendrochronology survey. Concord Old Block House: Concord: c. 1637: Located at 57 Lowell Road. Part of the house was purportedly an early block house and moved to the current location from elsewhere in ...
The square is prominently known as the site of British activities on April 19, 1775, the day of the battles of Lexington and Concord, which began the American Revolutionary War, and of earlier meetings by Massachusetts Patriots, which were held in the First Parish Church and Wright's Tavern. [2]
The Parkman Tavern is an historic tavern (now a private residence) at 20 Powder Mill Road in Concord, Massachusetts.It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story timber-frame structure, built by ship's carpenters with wall frames wider at top of first story than base, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof, large central chimney with multiple ovens, and clapboard siding.
There are three other Brooks-family houses within a quarter mile — the Job Brooks House, the Noah Brooks Tavern and the Joshua Brooks House. [4] Samuel Brooks inherited the house from his father, also Samuel. When he married Mary Bateman Flint, in 1781, he inherited seven stepchildren. [3] Brooks died in 1811. [3]
The tavern's ownership passed to the Hartwells' son, John. [2] The tavern continued to be a residence up until its purchase by the National Park Service in 1967. Over the years that followed, the building was modernized and changed. [1] In the 1980s, the Park Service restored it to its 1775 appearance, yet kept its 1783 and 1830 additions.
Concord's Colonial Inn (also known as Colonial Inn) is a historic inn in Concord, Massachusetts. Its original structure, still in use, was built in 1716. [1] [2] It became a hotel in 1889. [3] [4] The inn is included in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the listed Concord Monument Square–Lexington Road Historic District. [5]