| Massachusetts (Plymouth County), Hingham — Hingham Massachusetts |
| | First Meeting House raised shortly after the gathering of the church in 1635 within a palisade.
First Burying Ground, First School House built prior to 1661.
Fort erected in 1676.
These landmarks were located upon this hill, the westerly part of which was removed in 1831.
Derby Academy, 1784, first co-educational school in America. — Map (db m2850) |
| Massachusetts (Plymouth County), Hingham — Old Ship Church |
| | 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. — Map (db m2848) |
| Massachusetts (Plymouth County), Hingham — Reverend Peter Hobart |
| | In grateful memory of Reverend Peter Hobart and that company of English men and women who founded the town of Hingham, landing near this spot in September, 1635 — Map (db m2851) |
| Massachusetts (Plymouth County), Plymouth — Massasoit |
| | Great Sachem of the Wampanoags Protector and Preserver of the Pilgrims 1621 Erected by the Improved Order of Red Men
A grateful tribute 1921 — Map (db m6207) |
| Massachusetts (Plymouth County), Plymouth — Plymouth Rock |
| | Plymouth Rock. Landing place of the Pilgrims. 1620. — Map (db m2896) |
| Massachusetts (Plymouth County), Scituate — Old Scituate Lighthouse |
| | During the year 1810 the U. S. Congress voted [$]4000 to build a lighthouse at Scituate harbor. During the War of 1812 Abigail and Rebecca Bates, young daughters of the lighthouse keeper, prevented a British naval force from sacking the town by playing a fife and beating a drum. They have gone down in history as "the army of two" and their courageous act has been recorded in many textbooks and story books. — Map (db m23484) |
| Massachusetts (Plymouth County), Scituate — Old Stockbridge Grist Mill |
| | In 1640 Isaac Stedman dammed up First Herring Brook and beside the pond thus formed, constructed the first water driven grist mill in the old colony. The mill owned and operated by the Stockbridge and Clapp families until 1922 was made famous in 1817 by Samuel Woodworth in his poem “The Old Oaken Bucket.” In 1922 the Clapp family deeded it to the Scituate Historical Society and it was restored to its original working condition in 1970. — Map (db m24546) |
| Massachusetts (Plymouth County), Scituate — Site of Stockbridge Mansion |
| | The Stockbridge mansion, built before 1660, stood on this site. It was a garrison house in King Philip’s War for protection of the mills, and was successfully defended. The pond and mill were made famous by Woodworth’s poem “The Old Oaken Bucket.” — Map (db m24689) |
| Massachusetts (Plymouth County), Scituate — The Italian Freighter Etrusco |
| | The Italian freighter Etrusco, a 7000 ton liberty ship, grounded here March 16, 1956, in a northeast blizzard. All hands safe. Refloated November 22, 1956.
Placed by the Cedar Point Association on the 30th anniversary of grounding and the 350th year of Scituate's incorporation. — Map (db m23486) |
| Massachusetts (Plymouth County), Scituate — The Old Oaken Bucket |
| | Homestead and well made famous by Samuel Woodworth in his poem “The Old Oaken Bucket.” Homestead erected by John Northey in 1675; poet born in Scituate January 13, 1785. — Map (db m24099) |
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