{"id":962,"date":"2009-12-01T21:16:52","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T21:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/?page_id=962"},"modified":"2020-01-18T20:57:44","modified_gmt":"2020-01-19T01:57:44","slug":"lexington","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/?page_id=962","title":{"rendered":"Lexington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Lexington.jpg\" alt=\"Lexington\" title=\"Lexington\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Lexington.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Lexington-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>Buildings Index<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Bedford Street<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/?p=438\">1 Buckman Tavern (1690)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/?p=7563\">3 Lexington Masonic Building (1822)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hancock Street<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/?p=637\">9 Garrity House (1856)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/?p=391\">36 Hancock-Clarke House (1698)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Harrington Road<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/?p=427\">1 Jonathan Harrington House (1690)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Massachusetts Avenue<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/?p=485\">1332 Munroe Tavern (1695)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/?p=400\">1906 Marrett and Nathan Munroe House (1729)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/?p=648\">1912 Hancock United Church of Christ (1893)<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Tour Lexington, Massachusetts<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.libertyride.us\/historic.html\">http:\/\/www.libertyride.us\/historic.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lexington Chamber of Commerce: Visitor Information<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lexingtonchamber.org\/visitor.html\">http:\/\/www.lexingtonchamber.org\/visitor.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lexington Historical Society<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lexingtonhistory.org\/\">http:\/\/www.lexingtonhistory.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Minute Man National Historical Park<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/mima\/index.htm\">http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/mima\/index.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Battle Road Trail<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/masstraveljournal.com\/features\/concord\/battle-road-trail\">http:\/\/masstraveljournal.com\/features\/concord\/battle-road-trail<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Battle at Lexington Green, 1775<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eyewitnesstohistory.com\/lexington.htm\">http:\/\/www.eyewitnesstohistory.com\/lexington.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Battle of Lexington and Concord<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpi.edu\/Academics\/Depts\/MilSci\/Resources\/lexcon.html\">http:\/\/www.wpi.edu\/Academics\/Depts\/MilSci\/Resources\/lexcon.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>National Heritage Museum<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.monh.org\/\">http:\/\/www.monh.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Colonial Lexington<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hastings.lexingtonma.org\/Colonial\/Colonial.html\">http:\/\/hastings.lexingtonma.org\/Colonial\/Colonial.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Lexington-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Lexington 02\" width=\"500\" height=\"278\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Lexington-02.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Lexington-02-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>Books<\/h2>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=fue6bAZRrokC&#038;pg=PA1#v=onepage&#038;q=&#038;f=false\"><em>Abstract of the history of Lexington, Mass. from its settlement to the centennial anniversary of the Declaration of our national Independence, July 4, 1876<\/em> (1876), by Charles Hudson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=Lc41AAAAIAAJ&#038;pg=PR3#v=onepage&#038;q=&#038;f=false\"><em>History of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1868, by Charles Hudson; Revised and continued to 1912 by the Lexington Historical Society<\/em>, Vol. I&#8211;History (1913)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=3MUMAAAAYAAJ&#038;pg=PP13#v=onepage&#038;q=&#038;f=false\"><em>History of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1868, by Charles Hudson; Revised and continued to 1912 by the Lexington Historical Society<\/em>, Vol. II&#8211;Genealogies (1913)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=LcE_AAAAYAAJ&#038;pg=PT4#v=onepage&#038;q=&#038;f=false\"><em>Souvenir of Lexington: 1775-1875<\/em> (1875)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=KK5ELg-KiLgC&#038;dq=subject%3A%22Lexington%20(Mass.)%22&#038;as_brr=1&#038;pg=PP7#v=onepage&#038;q=&#038;f=false\"><em>Lexington: A handbook of its points of interest, historical and picturesque<\/em> (1891)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/viewsdescriptive01seel\"><em>Views and descriptive history of Lexington and Concord<\/em> (1901), by O.G. Seeley<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=73pXubJ6wc0C&#038;dq=subject%3A%22Lexington%20(Mass.)%22&#038;as_brr=1&#038;pg=PA3#v=onepage&#038;q=&#038;f=false\"><em>Lexington, the birthplace of American liberty: a handbook<\/em> (1902), by Fred S. Piper<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=rQI6_ND7TqIC&#038;pg=PA5#v=onepage&#038;q=&#038;f=false\"><em>Three Villages<\/em> (1884), by William Dean Howells<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=ZwQPAAAAYAAJ&#038;pg=PP1#v=onepage&#038;q=&#038;f=false\"><em>Records of the first class of the first state normal school in America, established at Lexington, Massachusetts 1839<\/em> (1903), <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=IDf3wP1N_20C&#038;pg=PA1#v=onepage&#038;q=&#038;f=false\"><em>Lexington epitaphs: A copy of epitaphs in the old burying-grounds of Lexington, Massachusetts<\/em> (1905), by Francis H. Brown<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=5h5EAAAAYAAJ&#038;pg=PA1#v=onepage&#038;q=&#038;f=false\"><em>Reports of the town officers of Lexington for the year 1914<\/em> (1915)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Commemorations and Celebrations<\/h2>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=kDAwAAAAYAAJ&#038;dq=subject%3A%22Lexington%20(Mass.)%22&#038;as_brr=1&#038;pg=PA1#v=onepage&#038;q=&#038;f=false\"><em>A discourse delivered at Lexington, March 31, 1813, the day which completed a century from the incorporation of the town<\/em> (1813), by Avery Williams<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=vWMSAAAAYAAJ&#038;pg=PA3#v=onepage&#038;q=&#038;f=false\"><em>Lexington, with other fugitive poems<\/em> (1830), by Prosper Montgomery Wetmore<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=7-c9xiJd5fwC&#038;dq=subject%3A%22Lexington%2C%20Battle%20of%2C%201775%22&#038;as_brr=1&#038;pg=PP9#v=onepage&#038;q=&#038;f=false\"><em>An address delivered at Lexington, on the 19th (20th) of April, 1835<\/em> (1875), by Edward Everett<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=8nk1Jzyw-LMC&#038;pg=PA1#v=onepage&#038;q=&#038;f=false\"><em>An oration delivered at Lexington on the dedication of the Town and Memorial Hall, April 19, 1871<\/em> (1871), by Dr. George B. Loring<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=hOR3AAAAMAAJ&#038;pg=PA3#v=onepage&#038;q=&#038;f=false\"><em>Proceedings at the centennial celebration of the Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1875<\/em> (1875)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/lexingtoncentenn00west\"><em>Lexington centennial sermons, delivered in the First Congregational Church, Lexington, Mass., April 11th, 18th, and 25th, 1875<\/em> (1875), by Henry Westcott<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=3xi5fwEXmPMC&#038;pg=PA1#v=onepage&#038;q=&#038;f=false\"><em>A sermon preached in the First Congregational Meeting-house, Lexington, Mass., Sunday Evening, April 8, 1883<\/em> (1885), by C.A. Staples<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/addressincommemo00stap\"><em>An address in commemoration of the ordination and settlement of John Hancock, Nov. 2, 1688, over Cambridge Farms Parish, (now Lexington) in the First parish church, (Unitarian) Lexington, Mass. Nov. 2, 1898<\/em> (1900)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/proceedingsaddre00lexi\"><em>Proceedings &#038; addresses commemorative of the two hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Lexington<\/em> (1914)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Revolutionary War<\/h2>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=gZch0tpbLtMC&#038;pg=PA1#v=onepage&#038;q=&#038;f=false\"><em>History of the battle of Lexington: on the morning of the 19th April, 1775<\/em> (1825), by Elias Phinney<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=uBsdAAAAMAAJ&#038;dq=subject%3A%22Lexington%2C%20Battle%20of%2C%20Lexington%2C%20Mass.%2C%201775%22&#038;lr=&#038;as_brr=1&#038;pg=PA1#v=onepage&#038;q=&#038;f=false\"><em>The battle of Lexington as looked at in London: before Chief-Justice Mansfield and a jury in the trial of John Home, Esq., for libel on the British Government<\/em> (1897), by Hon. John Winslow <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/britishaccountof00aber\"><em>A British account of the battle of Lexington; and the last meeting in the Dowse library at No. 30 Tremont ST., Boston<\/em> (1897)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=1ntW8uVr6mcC&#038;pg=PR1#v=onepage&#038;q=&#038;f=false\"><em>The battle of April 19, 1775: in Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Arlington, Cambridge, Somerville, and Charlestown, Massachusetts<\/em> (1912), by Frank Warren Coburn<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/fictiontruthabou01cobu\"><em>Fiction and truth about the battle on Lexington common, April 19, 1775<\/em> (1918), by Frank Warren Coburn<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/battleoflexingto00cobu\"><em>The battle of Lexington common, April 19, 1775<\/em> (1921), by Frank Warren Coburn <\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buildings Index Bedford Street 1 Buckman Tavern (1690) 3 Lexington Masonic Building (1822) Hancock Street 9 Garrity House (1856) 36 Hancock-Clarke House (1698) Harrington Road 1 Jonathan Harrington House (1690) Massachusetts Avenue 1332 Munroe Tavern (1695) 1906 Marrett and Nathan Munroe House (1729) 1912 Hancock United Church of Christ (1893) Links Tour Lexington, Massachusetts http:\/\/www.libertyride.us\/historic.html Lexington Chamber of Commerce: Visitor Information http:\/\/www.lexingtonchamber.org\/visitor.html Lexington Historical Society http:\/\/www.lexingtonhistory.org\/ Minute Man National Historical Park http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/mima\/index.htm Battle Road Trail http:\/\/masstraveljournal.com\/features\/concord\/battle-road-trail Battle at Lexington Green, 1775 http:\/\/www.eyewitnesstohistory.com\/lexington.htm Battle of Lexington and Concord http:\/\/www.wpi.edu\/Academics\/Depts\/MilSci\/Resources\/lexcon.html National Heritage Museum http:\/\/www.monh.org\/ Colonial Lexington http:\/\/hastings.lexingtonma.org\/Colonial\/Colonial.html Books Abstract of the history [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":818,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-962","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=962"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7865,"href":"https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/962\/revisions\/7865"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}