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Chelsea in Suffolk County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
 

Bellingham-Cary Mansion

1630 - 1930

 
 
Bellingham-Cary Mansion Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Russell C. Bixby, October 9, 2011
1. Bellingham-Cary Mansion Marker
Inscription. Six hundred feet from this point is the mansion built by Governor Richard Bellingham in 1659, rebuilt and enlarged by Samuel Cary in 1791. Here Washington stationed the last outpost of the left wing of the Continental Army besieging Boston.
 
Erected 1930 by Massachusetts Bay Colony-Tercentenary Commission.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial EraWar, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Massachusetts Bay Colony—Tercentenary Commission Markers, and the National Historic Landmarks series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1659.
 
Location. 42° 23.818′ N, 71° 1.615′ W. Marker is in Chelsea, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County. Marker is at the intersection of Parker Street and Broadway, on the right when traveling west on Parker Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Chelsea MA 02150, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Chelsea Public Library (approx. 0.4 miles away); Liberty and Union (approx. 0.4 miles away); Soldiers and Sailors of Ward 2 (approx. 0.4 miles away); City of Chelsea (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named City of Chelsea (approx. 0.4 miles away); Chelsea Spanish American War Memorial
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(approx. 0.4 miles away); The Battle of Chelsea Creek (approx. 0.6 miles away); 1935 (approx. ¾ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chelsea.
 
Also see . . .  Historical Markers Erected by Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission (1930). Original 1930 publication by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Tercentenary Commission Markers, commemorating the three hundredth anniversary of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. (Submitted on August 19, 2011, by Russell Chaffee Bixby of Bernardston, Massachusetts.) 
 
Bellingham-Cary Mansion Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Ali Newton, March 31, 2012
2. Bellingham-Cary Mansion Marker
Bellingham-Cary Mansion image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Ali Newton, March 31, 2012
3. Bellingham-Cary Mansion
Bellingham-Cary Mansion-Chelsea, Massachusetts image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Russell C. Bixby, October 9, 2011
4. Bellingham-Cary Mansion-Chelsea, Massachusetts
Bellingham-Cary Mansion image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Ali Newton, March 31, 2012
5. Bellingham-Cary Mansion
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 19, 2011, by Russell Chaffee Bixby of Bernardston, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 924 times since then and 18 times this year. Last updated on October 26, 2011, by Russell Chaffee Bixby of Bernardston, Massachusetts. Photos:   1. submitted on October 13, 2011, by Russell Chaffee Bixby of Bernardston, Massachusetts.   2, 3. submitted on April 3, 2012, by Ali Newton of Boston, Massachusetts.   4. submitted on October 13, 2011, by Russell Chaffee Bixby of Bernardston, Massachusetts.   5. submitted on April 3, 2012, by Ali Newton of Boston, Massachusetts. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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