Main Street & Old Ayer Road
Groton, MAA stone marker at the corner of Main Street and Old Ayer Road in Groton indicates the former location of the house Colonel William Prescott was born in and commemorates his role in the American Revolution. As an adult, Prescott resided in neighboring Pepperell.
Colonel Prescott most famously led the American troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775. The monument was erected by the Town in the fall of 1879. It was officially dedicated (alongside the site of the town's original meetinghouse and the site of the Longley homestead) on the anniversary of Prescott's birthday, February 20, 1880, in a ceremony featuring an address by Dr. Samuel Abbot Green.
The inscription on the marker reads:
COLONEL WILLIAM PRESCOTT
COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN FORCES
AT THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL
WAS BORN ON THE 20TH OF FEBRUARY 1726
IN A HOUSE WHICH STOOD
NEAR THIS SPOT
A bronze statue of Colonel Prescott sculpted by William Wetmore Storey was erected next to the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown and dedicated in 1881.