Pardeeville World War I Memorial

1929

Dedicated to those of this

community who served in

the World War and to the

memory of those who gave

their last full measure of

devotion.

Erected by

American Legion Auxiliary to

Harry D. Jerred Post No. 215

Marker is at the intersection of North Main Street (State Highway ...

Captain Thomas Wheeler House

1630 - 1930

Site of first house in Acton, built by Captain Thomas Wheeler in 1668. He was commissioned to keep fifty cattle for the inhabitants and at night protect them in a yard from wild beasts. He was wounded by ...

Parker House

1630 - 1930

Near by stood a garrison house, residence of Captain James Parker, Commander of the town forces in King Philip's War. Here Captain Parker parleyed with the Indian Chief John Monoco regarding his threat to burn Groton and Boston, ...

Hop Brook Mill

1630 - 1930

To the left is the site of Hop Brook Mill, erected in 1659 by virtue of a town grant to Thomas and Peter Noyes, "to build and maintain a mill to grind the corn of the settlers." It ...

Lincoln Speaks at Church

[ Left Section ]

Abraham Lincoln spoke in

the little Presbyterian Church

on the northwest corner of

Livingston and Mill streets on

Jan. 27, 1860, shortly before being nominated for the presidency at the Republican National Convention in Chicago on May 16. Lincoln had received ...

Old Ship Church

1630 - 1930

Erected in 1681, it is the oldest church structure in the United States to have been used continuously for public worship. Samuel Lincoln, original American ancestor of Abraham Lincoln, worshipped here regularly.

Marker is at the intersection of Main ...

Old Parsonage

1630 - 1930

The house of the first minister of Shirley, Phinehas Whitney. Dorothy Quincy and Madam Lydia Hancock visited here; and here also in 1773 came John Hancock to accompany them home. Moved to this site in 1906 it became ...

LaFayette - Jackson Township Civil War Memorial

and Veterans Memorial Garden

Erected 1903 by the

Citizens of Jackson Tp. and

Dedicated to the

Memory of her soldiers of

1861. - 1865.

[Grand Army of the Republic emblem]

Ah! never shall the land forget.

How flowed the life blood of her brave

Gushed warm with hope and ...

Prince George's Chapel

Before the settlement of the boundary dispute between Delaware and Maryland, this area was considered to lie in Maryland. On July 5, 1755, responding to the request of members of the Church of England residing in the upper portion of ...

Pike Haven Homestead

1630 - 1930

Built in 1693 by Jeremiah Pike. He and his descendants were town and militia officers, yeomen and makers of spinning wheels, in the colonial period. This house has been occupied by the same family for eight generations.

Marker is ...