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F O R M B - BUILDING In Area no. Form no.
11ASS.W11USFTTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION' DJ AD 128
Office of the Secretary, State House., Boston
1 n Lexington, Mass.
�_. cess 13M Mass Avenue
Munroe Tavern
Sent use House Museum
tent owner Lex. Historical Society
cription:
1695
uurce Plaque on house
9C Nti Vernacular form - 5 bay wide
- 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location Architect _
in relation to nearest cross streets and
other buildings. Indicate north. Exterior wall fabric clapboard (red) garage-
greenhouse
Outbuildings (describe)cine story extension(rear)
Other features Central chimney drip moulding
lower windows pediment & light over door
y Altered + < Date
_r 17 Moved Date
5. Lot size:
o `
Less than one acre Over one acre
Approximate frontage 325'
Approximate distance of building from street
501
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE 6. Recorded by Ruth Beebe
USGS Quadrant
Organization Lex. Hist. Soc.
11111C Photo no.
Date July 1975
(over)
. 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.)