Boulder marking the site of the old belfry in Lexington Common, Lexington, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Boulder marking the site of the old belfry in Lexington Common, Lexington, 1947

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

October, 1947

Date

1947-10

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

NRHP reference # 66000767
Photograph of a boulder marking the site of the old belfry in Lexington Common, as viewed close-up. The boulder sits in the foreground at center. A bronze tablet is affixed to the top of the boulder. It faces slightly left. The tablet contains a relief image of the old belfry and text. The text reads, "THE SITE OF THE OLD BELFRY FROM WHICH THE ALARM WAS RUNG APRIL 19 1775 This Tablet was erected by the LEXINGTON CHAPTER Daughters of the American Revolution 1910." In the near distance at left, a flagpole rises, extending beyond the top edge. The grassy expanse of the Common stretches behind the boulder and into the distance. Trees line the right edge of the park at center. Beyond the common, houses stand across the background, partially obscured by trees.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2356. Eastern trip October 1947 Lexington 1 Mertie West and caretaker Buckman tavern 2 Harrington House across street from green 3 H H West at Minute Men stone 4 View from common at Lexington 5 Marker at site of old belfry where alarm was rung

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

Massachusetts--Lexington

Longitude

42.449238

Latitude

-71.230467

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Historic sites--Massachusetts--Lexington
Battlefields--Massachusetts--Lexington
Monuments & memorials--Massachusetts--Lexington
Plaques--Massachusetts--Lexington