Munroe Tavern is a wooden structure with a distinct red exterior that has stood on Massachusetts Avenue since seventeen thirty-five. While it began as a local public house owned by William Munroe, it is best known for the role it played on…
Battle Road Trail
Follow the historic route of the British retreat and the colonial militia’s pursuit during the opening conflict of the American Revolution.
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1. Munroe Tavern
2. Lexington Battle Green
The Lexington Battle Green is a triangular, two-acre grassy park in Lexington, Massachusetts, bounded by Massachusetts Avenue, Bedford Street, and Harrington Road. It is marked by a bronze statue of a colonial militiaman, a granite obelisk…
3. Buckman Tavern
Buckman Tavern is a wood-framed building standing near the edge of the Lexington Battle Green. Constructed around seventeen ten by Benjamin Muzzey, it holds the distinction of being the first public house in town. By the spring of…
4. Fiske Hill
Fiske Hill rises as a wide, rolling stretch of field and forest on the western edge of Lexington. It marks the eastern boundary of the Battle Road Trail, the path following the route where British regulars and colonial militia fought on…
5. Paul Revere Capture Site
The Paul Revere Capture Site is distinguished by a circular stone monument set in a quiet area of the Minute Man National Historical Park. It marks the approximate location where, in the early morning hours of April nineteenth, seventeen…
6. Captain William Smith House
The Captain William Smith House sits on a grassy knoll along the Battle Road, distinguishable by its simple, seventeenth-century colonial architecture. Built around sixteen ninety-two, this home gained its historical significance as the…
7. Hartwell Tavern
Hartwell Tavern is a saltbox-style house built between seventeen thirty-two and seventeen thirty-three along the historic Bay Road. It is recognized as a witness house within Minute Man National Historical Park because it stood here on…
8. Meriam's Corner
Meriam's Corner is a junction in Concord where the grey, wood-frame Nathan Meriam House still stands as a witness to the opening of the American Revolutionary War. Built in seventeen oh five, the house is part of the Minute Man National…
9. The Wayside
The Wayside is a two-story wood-frame farmhouse that has stood on Lexington Road for more than three hundred years. Its gabled silhouette and weathered exterior hide a complex history, beginning as a colonial home in the early eighteenth…
10. Wright Tavern Center
The Wright Tavern is a red, two-story building in the center of Concord, Massachusetts, recognizable by its double-hipped monitor roof. Built in seventeen forty-seven by Captain Ephraim Jones, it stands on land once owned by the town’s…
11. The Old Manse
The Old Manse is a two-story Georgian house built of weathered clapboard that sits on the banks of the Concord River. It was constructed in seventeen seventy for the patriot minister William Emerson, who watched the opening engagement of…
12. North Bridge
The North Bridge is a wooden, pedestrian-only span crossing the Concord River. It is a modern replica of the pile-bent structure that stood here on April nineteenth, seventeen seventy-five. This site marks the point where colonial militia…