Wright's Tavern has stood in the center of Concord since Ephraim Jones built it in 1747. It was built in 1747 by Ephraim Jones, who operated it until 1751. At the dawn of the American Revolution in April 1775 the tavern was managed by Amos Wright, whose name it has borne ever since.
On April 19, the day of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, the courthouse bell announced the approach of Major Pitcairn's British troops and the Concord Minutemen assembled at Wright's Tavern. Later, after Pitcairn's arrival in the Concord square, British officers refreshed themselves in the tavern. Wright's Tavern also has earlier links to the Massachusetts Provincial Congress that met next door in October 1774 in the First Parish Church.
With John Hancock as president and Benjamin Lincoln as secretary, that Congress consisted of 300 delegates from Massachusetts towns who passed measures ending tax payments to the Crown and organizing a militia force to defy King George III by arms if necessary. Today the building stands as a National Historic Landmark owned by the Society of the First Parish, Concord, and you can almost feel those choices and clashes in this square. Notice the First Parish Church next door, where the Provincial Congress once debated defying the Crown.