Lot #1 features a tablet erected by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to mark the site of the first house built by the Pilgrims. In that house on February 27th, 1621, the right of popular suffrage was exercised and Myles Standish was chosen Captain by a majority vote.

It is the likely location of the common house where the Pilgrims suffered through the very first winter of 1620-1620. It is believed that on this site in April 21, 1621, the memorable treaty between the Pilgrims and the great sachem Massasoit of the Wampanoag was made.