Taken by the British to use as a headquarters and hospital this 1690 building has period furniture. Gardens are historically accurate.
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formerly National Heritage Museum
Sponsored by the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.
One of the last remaining small-town cinemas in the area that features indie and foreign films along with the obligatory blockbuster.
Gives guided tours of three houses:
Built around 1710, is the only building still on the Green that was there during the Battle of Lexington. The Minutemen gathered here to await word of British troop movements, and they brought their wounded here after the conflict.
which includes the famous Minuteman Statue and the nation's oldest war monument. Capt. John Parker, who commanded the Lexington militia. His famous command was, "Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here!"
This is where Samuel Adams and John Hancock were staying when Paul Revere arrived. They fled to nearby Woburn. The 1698 house, furnished in colonial style, contains Lexington Historical Society's museum.