Buckman Tavern

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building historic house museum historic tavern

Buckman Tavern is a historic 18th-century inn in Lexington, Massachusetts, best known as a gathering place for colonial militiamen at the outset of the American Revolutionary War.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	building → historic house museum → historic tavern →
architecturalStyle	Colonial architecture →
category	American Revolutionary War site → Historic house museums in Massachusetts → Taverns in Massachusetts →
country	United States of America →
floorCount	2 →
hasCollection	18th-century furnishings → Revolutionary War artifacts → period kitchen implements →
hasCoordinateLocation	42.449°N 71.229°W →
hasNearbyAttraction	Hancock-Clarke House → Munroe Tavern →
hasPart	bedchambers → common room → kitchen → taproom →
hasSignificantDate	April 19, 1775 →
hasVisitorCenter	yes →
hasWebsite	https://www.lexingtonhistory.org/buckman-tavern →
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark → listed on the National Register of Historic Places →
inception	circa 1710 →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Middlesex County, Massachusetts →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
locatedNear	Lexington Battle Green → Lexington Minuteman Statue →
location	Lexington, Massachusetts →
materialUsed	wood →
namedAfter	Buckman family →
notableFor	gathering place for Lexington militia → site where colonial militiamen waited for British troops on April 19, 1775 →
NRHPType	contributing property in a historic district →
openToPublic	yes →
operatedBy	Lexington Historical Society →
ownedBy	Town of Lexington →
partOf	Lexington Battle Green Historic District →
publicTransport	MBTA bus service in Lexington →
significantEvent	American Revolutionary War → Battles of Lexington and Concord →
tourism	heritage tourism site →
use	inn → meeting place → museum → tavern →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lexington, Massachusetts → Lexington, Massachusetts →	hasLandmark
Buckman family →	associatedWith
Buckman family →	hasHistoricSite
Lexington Battle Green →	hasNearbyBuilding
Buckman family →	propertyOwned