Lexington Battle Green Tour
Harrington Road
Stop 5
Jonathan Harrington House, 1763
The white house across Harrington Road is the Jonathon Harrington house (pictured above), built around 1763. There were two Jonathan Harringtons in the Lexington Militia, one was the sixteen year old fifer; the other was the resident of this house.
Plaque on side of Jonathan Harrington House
Mortally wounded by a British musket ball, he crawled towards his home and died within a few yards of his doorstep as his wife Ruth and his nine year old son looked on.
Daniel Harrington house
Now turn left and turn down Harrington Rd. In the empty lot next door to Jonathan Harrington's house, stood the home of Jonathan's brother, Daniel Harrington. It was torn down in 1875.
Reenactment of public spinning bee to protest high cost of British cloth
In August 1769, Daniel’s wife Anna and forty-four other women gathered on the property for a public spinning bee to support a growing Colonial boycott on British products. They turned out 602 knots of linen and 546 knots of cotton, as an alternative to imported British cloth.
Levi Harrington House, 1799
The next house was built by Levi Harrington in 1799. Levi was the son of Daniel Harrington and was just fourteen when the Battle of Lexington took place, he watched it from his father’s house.
First Parish Church today
Further down the road, on the corner of Harrington Road and Massachusetts Avenue is the First Parish Church. The Greek revival building was built in 1847, two years after the third meetinghouse on the Common burned down in 1845.
Directions to next stop:
Proceed to the Revolutionary War Memorial and stop #6 which is the obelisk on the Common across the street from the First Parish Church.
Directions to next stop:
Proceed to the Revolutionary War Memorial and stop #6 which is the obelisk on the Common across the street from the First Parish Church.
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