Historic Structures Report, Part I, Historical Data: Samuel Hartwell House and Ephraim Hartwell Tavern, Minute Man National Historical Park
Luzader JF. 1968. Historic Structures Report, Part I, Historical Data: Samuel Hartwell House and Ephraim Hartwell Tavern, Minute Man National Historical Park. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Division of History
Minute Man National Historical Park protects 970 acres in and around the Massachusetts towns of Lexington, Lincoln, and Concord, commemorating the opening battle in the American Revolutionary War. The purpose of this report is to present a history of the Samuel Hartwell House and Ephraim Hartwell House at Minute Man National Historical Park. It combines an account of both the Hartwell Tavern, for which an Administrative Data Section has been prepared by Superintendent Benjamin Zerbey, and the historical data on the Samuel Hartwell House that was burned in February 1968. The reason for this joint treatment is that the history of the two houses is so closely related that a separate study did not seem justified. The Ephraim Hartwell Tavern (Building Number 23) was proposed for public use. It would be furnished as a house museum with one room designated as an interpretive facility. The report describes the known history of the Hartwell family, property, and structures. The Hartwell houses were part of the historic setting on the Battle Road on April 18 and 19, 1775, during the events at the starts of the Revolutionary War.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Luzader, John
- Date of Issue
- 1968-09-09
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Division of History
- Units
- MIMA , NER
- Keywords
- Battle Road, Ephraim Hartwell, fire, Hartwell house, historic house museum, Lexington-Concord, restoration, Revolutionary War, Samuel Hartwell, tavern
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 000931: Ephraim Hartwell Tavern , CRIS-HS: 000930: Sgt. Samuel Hartwell House Site [Shelter]