Jonathan Harrington was wounded in the battle and died at his wife's feet here.            

Lexington's colonial common and parade ground was the site of a key battle between American and British troops on April 19, 1775. It has become a focal site along the Battle Road for town residents and tourists alike. The Battle Green includes several monuments and other commemorative features including the Revolutionary Monument. It is the site of the famous first shots of the revolution, and the Captain Parker statue commemorates the event. Ruth Harrington watched as her husband, Jonathan, one of Parker's company, was shot, and crawled to their house to die at her feet.      

Lydia Mulliken, Dr. Prescott's fiancée, bid Prescott, Revere and Dawes farewell on their ride. She later watched her house and shop burned down by the British.            

The Marrett and Nathan Munroe House, located opposite the Battle Green, was built in 1729. Nathan Munroe was one of the minutemen who fought on April 19. The house was moved slightly and restored in 1915.            

The Old Burying Ground, established in 1690, lies northwest of the Battle Green. The burial ground contains the remains of Lexington Minutemen who were killed in the battle, as well as a British Soldier. The burying ground is also addressed below under Cemeteries. Graves of thirty-nine men who fought in the Revolution are there.

This small burial ground in East Lexington was established in 1792. It is not as well known as the other two historic cemeteries.            

This bell summoned the Militia to the Green, at 5:30 a.m.            

In 1698 this was the home of the Reverend John Hancock. On April 18, 1775, John Hancock (a descendant) and Samuel Adams spent the night here after attending a meeting of the Provisional Congress. It is now owned by Lexington Historical Society and operated as a museum. [77 Men were in the battle, which began at 5:30 a.m.]            

Occupants fought in Revolutionary War.

The Norris farm property includes a late 19th century farmhouse, barn and five acres of wooded land adjacent to the Vine Brook Conservation Land. The property contains both natural and cultural resources.

This small burial ground in East Lexington was established in 1792.  It is not as well known as Lexington’s other two historic cemeteries.

Journey’s End was the home of J. Willard Hayden, who organized The Pageant of Lexington in 1915 to commemorate a century of peace between the United States and England.  This took place at the pond that was part of the original property.  The present Journey’s End is the second house that architect Willard Brown designed for Hayden. The first house, built in 1906, burned.  The present house, completed in 1937, is a large Spanish Colonial house on a well-landscaped lot set well back from the street and surrounded by a stone wall.  The house occupies the highest elevation of the site and the land falls off sharply to the rear.        

The events of April 19, 1775 are an important historic theme for the nation.  Over one million visitors per year come to see firsthand the areas where the American Revolution began.  Adjacent communities within the Freedom’s Way Heritage Area - Arlington, Lexington, Lincoln and Concord - have joined together with Minute Man National Historic Park and the Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation to create a Corridor Management Plan.  This plan will assist these groups in determining the best way to preserve the area’s resources while expanding economic opportunities and creating a balanced tourism industry. 

The Cotton Farm is a very visible property along Marrett Road that includes a mid-20th century house and small orchard with wetlands and woodlands at the rear of the property.  The primary significance of this parcel is as a link to an important open space corridor in the eastern part of town.  

Lexington has three historic cemeteries, all under town ownership.  They were identified collectively as a priority landscape.  All three are listed in the National Register as part of historic districts: Munroe Cemetery, Old Burying Ground, and Robbins Cemetery. In addition, the Battle Green contains a single burial plot, where six of the seven men who died during the April 19th battle are buried.

The property is in private ownership and its owners are currently pursuing subdivision plans.  Journey’s End is listed in Lexington’s Comprehensive Plan as one of eight sites identified in the “critical preservation” category.   

This property is 54 acres, with 49 in Lexington. Owned by the Commonwealth, it is one of the few remaining undeveloped parcels in town and is pending disposition by the state.  It includes two healthy meadows and high quality pine and oak/hickory stands, and at least four certified vernal pools. It is all the more valuable because it is a key part of an open space project linking properties in Lexington, Waltham and Belmont.  Friends of the Western Greenway, an umbrella organization created by the Waltham Land Trust, Citizens for Lexington Conservancy, Belmont Citizens Forum, Lexington Conservation Stewards, Belmont Land Trust, and Mass Audubon are supporting this effort.

The Norris farm is a critical open space connector in the eastern part of town.  

Remnants of an ancient colonial road still exist in the southwestern part of Lexington and in adjacent communities.  The Oxbow Road was built in the 1660s to connect the settlers in Concord to Boston via a ford on the Charles River at Watertown.  It was an old Native American route that extended along Mill Street, Stage Road, Lincoln Street, Shade Street, Cutler Farm in Hayden Woods, Concord Road and Ricci's Lane to Bow Street in Waltham and on to Watertown.

The former Tower Estate located on Massachusetts Avenue in East Lexington now includes important civic, institutional, historic and open space properties that form an important gateway to Lexington Center from the east.  On the north side of Massachusetts Avenue is Tower Park, an eight-acre park of rolling green lawn backed by forest that was donated to the town by the Tower family.