Old Churches and Meeting Houses in Lexington
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First Meeting House
Erected 1692, after farmers at Cambridge Farms petitioned the General Court to be made a separate parish, with their own church and minister. The Town of Lexington was incorporated in 1713.
Second Meeting House
The plan on the left is that of the Second Meeting House, erected 1714. It stood on the Lexington Green at the time of the Revolution.
Third Meeting House
Built in 1794, in the Lexington Common, with the Tower towards the Concord end. It was painted "a pea green", by consent of Town Meeting, but the interior was not painted, and no pew was allowed to be painted "without consent of the town".
The enclosing fence probably dates from after 1820.
Books, Articles and Resources
- The Second Meeting House in Lexington, erected by the Town in 1814, in Proceedings of the Lexington Historical Society, Vol. 1, p. 129.
- A Sketch of the History of the Lexington Common, read by C. A. Staples, Oct 16, 1886, in Proceedings of the Lexington Historical Society, Vol. 2, p. 16.
- History of the Stone Building, read by E. Bradford Smith, Dec 12, 1893, in Proceedings of the Lexington Historical Society, Vol. 2, p. 144.
- The Parish of Cambridge Farms, read by Rev. C.A. Staples, Dec. 8, 1891, in Proceedings of the Lexington Historical Society, Vol. 3, p. 24.