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The tavern was built in about 1709–1710 by Benjamin Muzzey (1657–1735), and with license granted in 1693 was the first public house in Lexington. Muzzey ran it for years, then his son John, and then at the time of the battle it was run by John's granddaughter and her husband John Buckman, a member of the Lexington Training Band.
Buckman Tavern was built 315 years ago in 1710 by Benjamin Muzzey (1657–1735). His license was granted 332 years ago in 1693. It was the first public house in Lexington, Massachusetts. His great-granddaughter and her husband John Buckman owned it at the time of the Battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775). Several dozen militiamen ...
The Society manages three nationally historic house museums: the Hancock-Clarke House, Paul Revere's Lexington destination; Buckman Tavern, the gathering place of the Lexington militia on April 19, 1775; and Munroe Tavern, temporary British field headquarters during the retreat from Concord to Boston. [2]
Other landmarks of historical importance include the Old Burying Ground (with gravestones dating back to 1690), the Old Belfry, Buckman Tavern (c. 1704 –1710), Munroe Tavern (c. 1695), the Hancock–Clarke House (1737), the U.S.S. Lexington Memorial, the Centre Depot (old Boston and Maine train station, today the headquarters of the town ...
Lexington honored Prince Estabrook with a monument in front of Buckman Tavern in 2008. The inscription reads: In Honor of Prince Estabrook -- Prince Estabrook was a slave who lived in Lexington. At dawn on April 19, 1775, he was one of the Lexington Minute Men awaiting the arrival of the British Regulars at the Buckman Tavern.
Buckman Tavern: Lexington: 1713 Date included in Historic Structures Report [114] Parson Barnard House: North Andover: 1715 Exposed, beaded beams, integral leanto. [115] Samuel Chase House: West Newbury c. 1715: One of the few brick houses of the period. Jonathan Green House: Stoneham: c. 1720
Littlefield Tavern: Wells, Maine: 1735 This structure is reported to be an early tavern. [4] Ramsdell House: York, Maine: c. 1747 One of the oldest houses in Maine, dated using dendrochronology. [5] Located on Lindsay Road. Tate House: Portland, Maine: c. 1755 House museum and one of the oldest houses in Portland Burnham Tavern: Machias, Maine ...
Maine Historical Society Quarterly. 15 (2, Fall 1975). Maine Historical Society: 60– 74. Drisko, George Washington (1904). Narrative of the Town of Machias, the Old and the New, the Early and Late. Press of the Republican. OCLC 6479739. Duncan, Roger F (1992). Coastal Maine: A Maritime History. New York: Norton. ISBN 0-393-03048-2. Leamon ...