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. Original owner (if known) Original use Subsequent uses (if any) and dates 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Conservation Recreation Agricultural Education Religion Architectural Exploration/ Science/ The Arts settlement invention Commerce Industry Social/ Communication Military Humanitarian Community development Political Transportation 9. Historical Significance (include explanation of themes checked above) MUNROE TAVERN 1332 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington owned by. the Lexington Historical Society open to the public, April to October Built by William Munroe and operated as a public. house from 1696 to 1858 by Munroes, their in-laws the .Comeys and an..occasional Buckman. In April, 1775 it was used by the British relief force commanded by Earl Percy as a field hospital and headquarters while Mrs. Munroe and the children cowered in the woods and Colonel William Munroe marched with Captain Parker. In 1789 George Washington ate, but did not sleep here. In the early nineteenth century it served as a drovers` tavern famous for the quality of its flip and as a meeting place. for Hiram Lodge until the national outbreak of virulent anti-Masonic feeling in the later 1820s. From 1858 to 1911 it was occupied as a private house, at which time it was acquired by the Lexington Historical Society. 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.)