This Revolutionary War tavern was originally located on Lowell Road in Concord, where it was constructed by Eleazer Brown Jr. between 1719 and 1750. Brown left the property to his son, Abishai Brown. When Abishai passed away in 1764, his wife inherited the tavern and the property gained the nickname “Widow Brown’s Tavern.”

Widow Brown ran the tavern with the help of her son (also Abishai), who became a Captain of a Concord militia company during the Revolution. Widow Brown was accompanied by 13-year-old Charles Handley on April 19, 1775 when a group of British soldiers, having failed to find any arms at the Barrett Farm, stopped into the tavern for refreshment. The house passed out of the Brown family in 1838 and became a farm and private residence.

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