Medford in Middlesex County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
Captain Isaac Hall Hitching Post
Erected 2012.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is April 18, 1775.
Location. 42° 25.119′ N, 71° 6.653′ W. Marker is in Medford, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County. Marker is on High Street (Massachusetts Route 60), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 43 High Street, Medford MA 02155, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. “Jingle Bells” Composed Here (within shouting distance of this marker); Salem Street Burying Ground (approx. 0.2 miles away); David McGillyray's 3,452-Mile Run (approx. ¼ mile away); [History of Medford Government] (approx. ¼ mile away); “Grandfather’s House” (approx. 0.3 miles away); Royall House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Mystic Congregational Church Bell (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Black Dahlia (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Medford.
Regarding Captain Isaac Hall Hitching Post. The home of Captain Hall is one block north of the Mystic River. In the poem Paul Revere’s Ride, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow told how Revere crossed this particular river on his way toward Lexington and Concord to warn of the British advance:
It was twelve by the village clock,
When he crossed the bridge into Medford town.
He heard the crowing of the cock,
And the barking of the farmer’s dog,
And felt the damp of the river fog
That rises after the sun goes down. . . .
Revere, with fellow riders William Dawes and Samuel Prescott, would spread the alarm “through every Middlesex village and farm” at the start of the American Revolution.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 8, 2020. It was originally submitted on April 23, 2015, by Roger W. Sinnott of Chelmsford, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 1,156 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 23, 2015, by Roger W. Sinnott of Chelmsford, Massachusetts. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.