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|  Site of Early Meetinghouse - Newton, MA
in Massachusetts Historical Markers The first meetinghouse for the city now known as Newton was built where the burial ground at this corner now covers, and buried there are some of Newton's early settlers, including Rev. John Eliot, Jr. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 12/22/2012 last visited: never |
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|  Sign for the Newton Highlands Station - Newton, MA
in Massachusetts Historical Markers This sign is located by the Newton Highlands MBTA Green Line stop, and is about the former railroad that was in place before the light rail line and the station that still stands, presently used as dental offices. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 4/7/2012 last visited: never |
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|  Washington Passed This Place
in Massachusetts Historical Markers Washington went past here. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 4/10/2006 last visited: 4/10/2006 |
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|  General Henry Knox Passed Through Here - Watertown
in Massachusetts Historical Markers Number 26 of 26 Knox markers in Massachusetts. posted by: trainlove location: Massachusetts date approved: 9/2/2009 last visited: never |
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|  Cook's Bridge - Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts
in Massachusetts Historical Markers A Massachusetts historical marker can be visited on Cook's Bridge along Elliot Street in the village of Newton Upper Falls. posted by: 401Photos location: Massachusetts date approved: 5/22/2019 last visited: never |
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|  Town of Needham - Needham, Massachusetts
in Massachusetts Historical Markers This Massachusetts historical marker presents a brief overview about the formation of Needham, Massachusetts between 1635 and 1881. The plaque can be found immediately west of Cook's Bridge where Central Avenue becomes Elliot Street. posted by: 401Photos location: Massachusetts date approved: 5/22/2019 last visited: never |
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|  Samuel Sparhawk House
in Massachusetts Historical Markers Site of a home in which a patriot died. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 12/14/2007 last visited: 12/13/2007 |
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|  The Packard Building
in Massachusetts Historical Markers A former car dealership at Packard's Corner. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 5/9/2006 last visited: 5/9/2006 |
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|  Howard Clock Building
in Massachusetts Historical Markers The building, still standing, once was the factory for, first, the United States Watch Company, then the E. Howard Clock Co. Though less known compared to the Waltham Watch Co., these companies helped Waltham earn its nickname, "Watch City." posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 7/28/2007 last visited: never |
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|  The S. S. Pierce Building
in Massachusetts Historical Markers A historic building at Brookline's Coolidge Corner. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 5/2/2007 last visited: 10/20/2009 |
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|  Second Massachusetts Infantry 1861-1865 - Boston, MA
in Massachusetts Historical Markers At this location, the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry trained at Fort Andrew and left for the Civil War. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 9/20/2010 last visited: never |
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|  Roberts Paper Mill
in Massachusetts Historical Markers This location, near the Stony Brook dam, was where a lot of mill activity took place, including a paper mill that was the first to manufacture tarred paper for building purposes, and asbestos paper. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 8/2/2007 last visited: never |
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|  General Henry Knox Passed Through Here - Waltham
in Massachusetts Historical Markers One in a series of stones that mark the likely route that General Henry Knox, soldiers, and tired oxen took to drag cannons from Ft. Ticonderoga to Cambridge. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 7/28/2007 last visited: 8/13/2009 |
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|  Site of Braves Field
in Massachusetts Historical Markers Home from 1915 to 1952 of the Boston Braves. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 5/9/2006 last visited: 5/9/2006 |
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|  Hooper-Lee-Nichols House
in Massachusetts Historical Markers This house, one of the oldest in Cambridge, is the headquarters and museum of the Cambridge Historical Society. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 7/28/2007 last visited: never |
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|  Commonwealth Armory
in Massachusetts Historical Markers Site of a former armory and, subsequently, gymnasium. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 5/9/2006 last visited: 5/9/2006 |
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|  Monestary of Saint John the Evangelist
in Massachusetts Historical Markers The monestary of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist, the oldest Anglican monastic community for men, was built in 1936 and overlooks the Charles River along Memorial Drive. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 7/28/2007 last visited: never |
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|  Tory Row - Cambridge, MA
in Massachusetts Historical Markers Along Brattle Street were houses of merchants who were usually loyal to the crown and had vacated their houses during the Revolutionary War. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 12/10/2009 last visited: never |
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|  Fort Number 1
in Massachusetts Historical Markers Former location of a Revolution-era fortification. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 5/1/2006 last visited: 10/5/2011 |
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|  Jamaica Pond - Boston, MA
in Massachusetts Historical Markers Jamaica Pond, a glacial kettle pond, was used for ice harvesting as well as farming and recreational use, and is now part of the 'Emerald Necklace' network of Olmsted designed parks. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 9/5/2009 last visited: never |
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|  The Founding of Newtowne - Cambridge, MA
in Massachusetts Historical Markers This sign provides a detailed account of how Cambridge - originally named - "Newtowne" - was settled. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 12/2/2009 last visited: never |
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|  Marketplace [Cambridge]
in Massachusetts Historical Markers Site of one of the first markets in the Boston area. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 5/2/2006 last visited: 11/4/2009 |
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|  Prof. John Winthrop
in Massachusetts Historical Markers I bet you didn't know John Winthrop lived next to Tower Records. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 5/2/2006 last visited: 11/4/2009 |
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|  The Theodore Parker Church - Boston, MA
in Massachusetts Historical Markers The Theodore Parker Church is a stone church named after a well known abolitionist and associated with the Transcendental movement of the mid 1800s. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 5/20/2013 last visited: never |
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|  Blue Anchor Tavern
in Massachusetts Historical Markers What is now an Urban Outfitters was once much more. posted by: Shorelander location: Massachusetts date approved: 5/2/2006 last visited: 5/2/2006 |
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