Concord Monument Square-Lexington Road Historic District
- Address: MA 2A
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1635/00/00 | Settlers led by Rev Peter Bulkeley and Major Simon Willard exchange wampum, hatchets, knives, cloth, and other useful items for the 6 square mile parcel from Squaw Sachem of Mistick. | |||||
| 1837/10/00 | Henry David Thoreau | Work | Thoreau teaches children at the schoolhouse on the northwest end of the common. He will leave his teaching post because of the school's policy on corporal punishment. | |||
| 1838/00/00 | Henry David Thoreau | Work | Thoreau gives speeches at the Concord Lyceum in a free lecture series sponsored by the town. Using such venues as the Masonic Hall and the Town House, Thoreau will give a total of 19 talks at the Concord Lyceum between 1838 to 1860. | |||
| 1846/07/23 | Henry David Thoreau | Life | Thoreau spends a night in the jail on the west side of the common, arrested for non-payment of taxes. Released after a relative paid the tax, he wrote "Civil Disobedience External" (originally published as "Resistance to Civil Government"). | Walden: Life in the Woods |
| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
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| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
| Concord Town House, Concord |
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| First Parish in Concord |
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| Ralph Waldo Emerson House |
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| Wright's Tavern |
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| Particulars for Concord Monument Square-Lexington Road Historic District: | |
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| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Area of Significance | Art |
| Area of Significance | Business |
| Area of Significance | Exploration-settlement |
| Architectural Style | Federal Style |
| Architectural Style | Georgian Architecture |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Area of Significance | Literature |
| Architectural Style | Mid 19th century revival |
| Area of Significance | Military |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Criteria | Person |
| Area of Significance | Politics-government |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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