Lieut. Ebenezer Sheldon's Fort
1630 - 1930
Built in 1740 on this site. The first Proprietor's Meeting in Fall Town was held here in 1741. The Lieutenant's son Eliakim was shot by Indians in 1747 while working west of the fort walls.
Marker is on Northfield Road (U.S. 10), on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org