National Historic Landmark · Concord, Massachusetts

Wright's Tavern

Built 1747. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.

Wright's Tavern
Photos via Wikimedia Commons

The record

Property typeBuilding
AddressLexington Rd. opposite the Burying Ground, Concord, MA
CountyMiddlesex County
ListedOct 15, 1966
Listed forMilitary
Level of significanceNational
Reference number66000793
Built1747 · more from the 1740s
StyleGeorgian architecture
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

AddressLexington Rd. opposite the Burying Ground, Concord, MA
Coordinates42.4600° N, 71.3492° W · Directions ↗
Also in Concord26 listed places in Concord →
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Public land around it

Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge ↗National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceAbout 4 miles away3,883 acres

Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.

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Guidebooks to historic places and travel in Massachusetts

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Reference

Questions people ask

When was Wright's Tavern listed on the National Register?

Oct 15, 1966. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.

Source: National Park Service

When was Wright's Tavern built?

1747, in the Georgian architecture style.

Source: Wikidata

Where is Wright's Tavern?

Lexington Rd. opposite the Burying Ground, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Source: National Park Service

Where is the nomination form for Wright's Tavern?

The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.

Source: National Archives

Sources

Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000793. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.