Hartwell Tavern - Main House
SKU:
HAB-20
$56.50
$56.50
per item
Detailed building kit for 28mm figures (1:56 scale)
Laser cut 3mm and 1.6mm HDF
Laser engraved details
Moveable doors
Removable second floor and roof
Easily accessible interior with detailing
Kit supplied unassembled and unpainted
Measures approx. L 8” x W 8” x H 6-1/4” / 210mm x 210mm x 160mm
Figures, trees, walls not included
Detailed instructions are available for download at www.thingsfromthebasement.com
On April 19, 1775 Hartwell Tavern was located on the main road, the "Bay Road," running from Boston through western Massachusetts, and out to Crown Point, N.Y. This was the road that the British troops used on April 19 while conducting their raid on Concord. The soldiers passed by the tavern on their way to Concord, and again on their way back to Boston. Current scholarship indicates there are no records or stories about soldiers entering the tavern for any reason, however, three of Ephraim and Elizabeth Hartwell's sons were in the Lincoln Minute Man Company (Capt. William Smith's Co.) that fought at the NorthBridge and on the battleroad on April 19.
Samuel and John were both sergeants, and Isaac was a private. All three went on to later military service in the RevolutionaryWar. When the fighting at Concord spread along the Bay Road during the afternoon of April 19, 1775 the Hartwell brothers likely participated in the action that swept through their family farm.
Mary Hartwell, wife of Samuel, lived in another home just yards from Hartwell Tavern. According to family history, Mary also participated in the events of April 19, 1775. Hartwell legends vary in detail, having been remembered many years after 1775, however one legend goes like this:
On the night of April 18th, an advance guard of British soldiers captured Paul Revere and William Dawes just down the road from the tavern. Dr. Samuel Prescott of Concord, who was riding with them, escaped by leaping his horse over a stone wall and fleeing through pasture and swamp. He emerged near the Hartwell Tavern. Prescott awakened old Ephraim and told him that the British regulars were on the march. Ephraim then sent an enslaved woman named Violet, down the road to awaken Samuel Hartwell next door. Mary then took over and relayed the message to Captain William Smith, commanding officer of the Lincoln Minute Men. Thus the Lincoln Minute Men were warned in time, and arrived at the NorthBridge before the British soldiers appeared.
This kit represents Hartwell Tavern in its 1775 appearance, with no additions.
Samuel and John were both sergeants, and Isaac was a private. All three went on to later military service in the RevolutionaryWar. When the fighting at Concord spread along the Bay Road during the afternoon of April 19, 1775 the Hartwell brothers likely participated in the action that swept through their family farm.
Mary Hartwell, wife of Samuel, lived in another home just yards from Hartwell Tavern. According to family history, Mary also participated in the events of April 19, 1775. Hartwell legends vary in detail, having been remembered many years after 1775, however one legend goes like this:
On the night of April 18th, an advance guard of British soldiers captured Paul Revere and William Dawes just down the road from the tavern. Dr. Samuel Prescott of Concord, who was riding with them, escaped by leaping his horse over a stone wall and fleeing through pasture and swamp. He emerged near the Hartwell Tavern. Prescott awakened old Ephraim and told him that the British regulars were on the march. Ephraim then sent an enslaved woman named Violet, down the road to awaken Samuel Hartwell next door. Mary then took over and relayed the message to Captain William Smith, commanding officer of the Lincoln Minute Men. Thus the Lincoln Minute Men were warned in time, and arrived at the NorthBridge before the British soldiers appeared.
This kit represents Hartwell Tavern in its 1775 appearance, with no additions.