{"nrhp_refnum":"76000248","name":"Sanderson House and Munroe Tavern","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1314 and 1332 Massachusetts Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lexington","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.441740467000045,"lon":-71.21624687599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-04-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two adjoining historic buildings on Massachusetts Avenue (formerly Main Street) in the center of Lexington, Massachusetts: the Sanderson House, a story-and-a-half house first mentioned in a 1747 deed, and the Munroe Tavern, whose sections date from about 1695 and before 1719.","why_significant":"Both buildings were tied to Lexington's earliest settler families and to the events of April 19, 1775. British troops under General Percy used the Munroe Tavern as a field hospital during their retreat, and at least one wounded soldier was left at the Sanderson House. Both now operate as museums.","narrative":"Side by side on Massachusetts Avenue in the center of Lexington, the Sanderson House and the Munroe Tavern are two early buildings linked by the events of April 19, 1775. The Sanderson House, first mentioned in a 1747 deed, is a shingled story-and-a-half house that appears to have been built in two three-bay stages. The Munroe Tavern grew by accretion, with a southern ell dating to about 1695 and a street-facing section that predates 1719. Sergeant William Munroe bought the tavern in 1770, and his cousin Mary married Samuel Sanderson, a Minute Man and coffin-maker, who worked in the cellar of the neighboring house. During the British retreat from Concord, General Percy turned the tavern into a field hospital, and a wounded soldier was left at the Sanderson House. The tavern later served travelers until 1848. Today both buildings are museums: the Historical Society maintains the tavern, and the Minute Men organization runs the Sanderson House.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Both are open to the public as museums. The Munroe Tavern is a house museum run by the Lexington Historical Society, open April to October. The Sanderson House is a museum of the Revolutionary period with military artifacts, run by Lexington Minute Men, Inc. The Tavern's condition is listed as good and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.939121-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/7961/63796160/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/76000248.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000248/9e6a7c6be8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000248/9e6a7c6be8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monroe_Tavern_Lexington_Massachusetts.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</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:Monroe_Tavern_Lexington_Massachusetts.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796160","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munroe_Tavern_(Lexington,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6936849"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/sanderson-house-and-munroe-tavern-76000248/"}