view gallery SE0 km | USGS 01108410 Mill River at Spring Street - Taunton, MA in River Gauges This river gauge is located along the Mill River in downtown Taunton, within an area that has been totally remade into a park that also better manages storm water runoff. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 04/28/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery NE0.2 km | Taunton City Hall - Church Green - Taunton, MA in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings Taunton City Hall faces the Church Green and is an interesting Renaissance-style structure that is currently closed. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 05/05/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery N0.2 km | New York Lace Store/Dana's Furniture and Appliances - Taunton, MA in Ghost Signs This painted advertisement is located along Main Street in downtown Taunton, apparently to a store that used to be in the building. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 05/03/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery N0.2 km | Coca-Cola Painted Advertisements, Store Building - Taunton, MA in Coca Cola Memorabilia This faded sign is on the western side of an old building along Main Street in downtown Taunton. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 04/30/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery N0.2 km | 1896 - Taunton City Hall - Taunton, MA in Dated Buildings and Cornerstones This date is over the front entrance of the Taunton City Hall, which was empty at the time since it had significant structural issues. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 04/25/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery NE0.2 km | Robert Treat Paine Monument - Taunton, MA in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures The Robert Treat Paine sculpture sits at a major intersection, with Paine holding a feather and a piece of paper, presumably the Declaration of Independence, which he signed. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 05/07/2012 last visited: 09/25/2016 |
view gallery NE0.2 km | Robert Treat Paine - Taunton, MA in Statues of Historic Figures On a traffic island in front of Taunton's City Hall is a pillar with a statue of Robert Treat Paine, signer of the Declaration of Independence for Massachusetts, and for a time lived in Taunton. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 04/23/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery NE0.2 km | First Parish Church - Church Green - Taunton, MA in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings The First Parish Church building in Taunton, the fourth building for this congregation, is located on a triangular parcel that was the original common or green that Taunton had when it was settled in 1637. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 05/05/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery NE0.2 km | Church Green Historic District - Taunton, MA in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The Church Green Historical District contains several buildings at the location of the original Taunton center that include the First Parish Church, Taunton City Hall, the Old Colony Historical Society, and many residences. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 05/01/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery NE0.3 km | Old Colony Historical Society - Taunton, MA in Historical Society Headquarters The Old Colony Historical Society currently occupies the building of a former school and has two floors of exibits as well as a library concerning Taunton and southeastern Massachusetts. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 04/23/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery NE0.3 km | Bristol Academy/Old Colony Historical Society Museum - Taunton, MA in Former Schools The Old Colony Historical Society Museum is currently located in a brick structure that was originally built for the Bristol Academy in 1852. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 05/04/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery NE0.3 km | Old Fire Wagon, Old Colony Historical Society - Taunton, MA in Fire Fighting Vehicles This fire wagon is exhibited on the second floor of the Old Colony Historical Society Museum in Taunton, and was Taunton's first fire apparatus. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 05/10/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery NW0.3 km | Taunton Green Web Cam - Taunton, MA in Web Cameras The camera overlooking Taunton Green and surrounding area is mounted at the top of a block of buildings. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 05/26/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery NE0.3 km | Seraphine, Old Colony Historical Society Museum - Tauton, MA in Musical Instruments This instrument, a cross between a reed organ, melodian, and accordian, is on display in the Old Colony Historical Society Museum and was made by Canton inventor J. A. Bazin. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 05/25/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery NE0.3 km | Vietnam War Memorial, Church Square, Taunton, MA, USA in Vietnam War Memorials One town's memorial containing the names of the 13 men of Taunton who lost their lives in the war. Amarble panel is mounted on the face of a native rock in front of a fountain in the square located behind the First Parish Church. posted by: HANSENNI location: Massachusetts date approved: 09/15/2011 last visited: never |
view gallery NW0.3 km | World War I "Doughboy" Statue Memorial - Taunton, MA in World War I Memorials and Monuments This very realistic sculpture is on the south side of the Taunton Common and is known locally as the "Doughboy." posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 04/19/2012 last visited: 03/18/2019 |
view gallery NW0.3 km | Taunton Green - Taunton, MA in Municipal Parks and Plazas The Taunton Green is a squarish park that is ringed by roads and has a fountain, several monuments, and flowering trees. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 04/21/2012 last visited: 03/18/2019 |
view gallery NW0.3 km | "The Hiker" Monument - Taunton, MA in Spanish-American War Memorials This monument faces west on the Taunton Green and is a memorial to those who served in the Spanish American War. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 04/23/2012 last visited: 11/07/2018 |
view gallery NW0.3 km | Flagpole Monument and Plaque - Taunton, MA in Community Commemoration The plaque by a white flagpole on the Taunton Green was placed there on the 350th Anniversary of its founding. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 04/24/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery NW0.3 km | General Cobb Boulder - Taunton, MA in American Guide Series This plaque embedded in a boulder on the Taunton Green marks the location where General Cobb gathered on the courthouse lawn 400 men to repel a mob in sympathy with Shays Rebellion. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 05/02/2012 last visited: 11/07/2018 |
view gallery NW0.3 km | Taunton Green - Shays' Rebellion / Liberty & Union Flag in Massachusetts Historical Markers Historical marker on Taunton Green -- the site of (1) a significant confrontation during Shays' Rebellion in 1786 and (2) the raising of a "Liberty & Union" flag by American Patriots in 1774. posted by: hcolcord location: Massachusetts date approved: 10/28/2013 last visited: 11/07/2018 |
view gallery NW0.3 km | Earth Globe Inside War Memorial - Taunton, MA in Earth Globes This World War II memorial in front of the Bristol County Superior Court features a stone globe with the landmasses represented in yellow. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 04/17/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery NW0.5 km | Bristol County Superior Courthouse - Taunton, MA in Courthouses This imposing stone structure is the Bristol Superior Court for Bristol County, one of three courthouses within a block. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 05/07/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery NW0.5 km | Bristol County Superior Courthouse - Taunton, MA in Frieze Art Look closely at the stone work around the front entrance of this courthouse and you will find lots of intricate details that include portions of the coat of arms of Massachusetts, faces, and letters. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 04/27/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery N0.5 km | Taunton Central Fire Department - Taunton, MA in Safe Place Havens This sign for a Baby Safe Haven is on the Taunton Central Fire Station about a block from Taunton Green. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 05/26/2013 last visited: never |
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