Hoar Tavern

Hoar Tavern
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
North view of the Hoar Homestead
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Location	268 Concord Tpke Lincoln, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°26′8.0″N 71°16′35.9″W / 42.435556°N 71.276639°W / 42.435556; -71.276639
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1680
NRHP reference No.	73000301[1]
Added to NRHP	July 23, 1973

Hoar Tavern, or the Hoar Homestead, is a historic tavern and house northeast of downtown Lincoln on Reiling Pond Road in Lincoln, Massachusetts. With a construction history dating to 1680, it was for nearly two centuries home to the Hoar family, a prominent legal and political family in Massachusetts. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

Description and history

The former Hoar Tavern is set close to Massachusetts Route 2 in eastern Lincoln, from which it is now separated by sound barriers and a low stone wall. The tavern property, about 2 acres (0.81 ha), includes the house/tavern and a barn of significant antiquity, the two now joined by an ell. The tavern is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, oriented facing south towards Route 2, which follows the route of the colonial-era Cambridge Turnpike. The main facade is five bays wide, with a projecting entry vestibule at the center. It has a central chimney, and is sheathed in wooden clapboards. The interior includes high-quality 18th-century wood paneling, as well as features indicative of its First Period construction. The barn is a large timber-framed structure, with beams 18 inches (46 cm) thick.^[2]

The house was probably built by Daniel Hoar in the 1680s, when the area was still part of

• List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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