{"nrhp_refnum":"66000793","name":"Wright's Tavern","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Lexington Rd. opposite the Burying Ground","address_restricted":false,"city":"Concord","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.46002745250004,"lon":-71.34875386184639,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1966-10-15","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1961-01-20","areas_of_significance":["Military"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story frame and clapboard tavern built in 1747 at the corner of Lexington Road and Main Street on Monument Square in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The builder is not known; it was built on land sold by the town to Ephriam Jones.","why_significant":"The tavern is argued to be nationally significant for its link to events in 1774 and 1775 that marked the shift of American opposition from constitutional argument to organized rebellion. Committees of the Provincial Congress met there, and Concord Minute Men gathered there on April 19, 1775. Its original section is also valued for surviving with few changes.","narrative":"Wright Tavern is a red-clapboard inn at the corner of Lexington Road and Main Street on Monument Square in Concord, Massachusetts. Ephriam Jones built it in 1747 on land bought from the town, and it soon served as a center of political, military and social life. It takes its name from Amos Wright, the landlord in 1775. In October 1774, committees of the Provincial Congress met there while the full body sat in the neighboring meeting house. On April 19, 1775, the Concord Minute Men gathered at the tavern, and British officers Colonel Smith and Major Pitcairn waited there while their troops searched the town. The original block keeps its monitor roof and 18th-century character, with a 19th-century addition and a 1924 dining-room addition. Later used as a bakery, hotel, residence and restaurant, it has belonged to the Society of the First Parish since 1886 and now houses commercial tenants.","period_of_significance":"1747, 1774-1775","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as well maintained and structurally sound; open to the public and rented to commercial tenants and the Concord Chamber of Commerce.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 01:59:36.888503-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/67/7937/63793767/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/66000793_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000793/8e8b53127f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000793/8e8b53127f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daderot.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wright%27s_Tavern_(Concord,_MA).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Daderot.</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wright%27s_Tavern_(Concord,_MA).JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"77000172","name":"Concord Monument Square-Lexington Road Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/concord-monument-square-lexington-road-historic-district-77000172/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793767","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright%27s_Tavern","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8038155"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/wrights-tavern-66000793/"}