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F O It A1 B - BUILDING In Area no. Form no.
lL,1SSACIIUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Dj AD 127
Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston
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1314 Mass. Ave.
Sanderson House
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: _ ent owner Lexington Minutemen
- - Will- _
;V ription:
16 dI claimed; at least pre 1749
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Durce Cazpvan Papers, Lex. Library
Middlesex Registry of Deeds
-- 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location Architect
in relation to nearest cross streets and
other buildings. Indicate north. Exterior wall fabric Shingle (brown? shed
extension
Outbuildings (describe) garage attached
C" Other features Twin Central Chimneys,granite
slab& mill stone. front step 3 gabled( 6 over 6
windows
(1 over 1)
6 across front
Altered porch in front Date
f r wing on west en
Moved Date
r 5. Lot size:
Less than one acre x Over one acre
- Approximate frontage 1B,
Approximate distance of building from street
30'
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE 6. Recorded by Ruth Beebe
USGS Quadrant
Organization Lex. Hist. Com.
TMHC Photo no.
Date July, 19 75
(over)
7. O i;inal owner (if known)
Original use
Subsequent uses (if any) and dates c. 1820 - wheelwright Is shop in basement
(Downing - Wheelwright)
8. Themes (check as many as applicable)
Aboriginal Conservation Recreation
Agricultural Education Religion
Architectural X Exploration/ Science/
The Arts settlement x invention
Commerce Industry Social/
Communication _ Military x Humanitarian
Community development x Political . Transportation
9. Historical Significance (include explanation of themes checked above)
During Revolution, house was occupied by Samuel Sanderson, married to Mary Munroe of same
family which owned & ran the Munroe Tavern, immediately to the NW of Sanderson house.
( df form D-4) The Munroe Tavern was occupied by Earl Percy Commander of the British relief
force sent to escort Smith's beleagured men back to Boston. Percy used the Tavern primarily.,
as a hospital & sent the wounded men to the Sanderson house for attention. Molly Munroe
Sanderson was so vehement in her objectives to his presence that he feared to eat the food
she offered, anticipating being poisoned. The British killed her cow during the retreat.
Her husband Samuel (of somewhat lesser local fame) "fought with the Minutemen. She lived to
be 10 4, dying in 1852 .
(Oldest part of house - 4 bays nearest stre t-judging by roof framing. Pictures in Lex. Hist.
Soc. ; Private collection. E. W. Reinhardt ---_
10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records,
early maps, etc.)
Caravan Papers = Lexington Library
Typescript accompanying Lexington Bicentennial Photographic Exhibit, 1975-in
Lexington Library & Lex. Hist Soc. Archives.