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Assonet in Bristol County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
 

Hathaway Library

 
 
Hathaway Library Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 26, 2022
1. Hathaway Library Marker
Inscription.
National Register
of
Historic Places
Hathaway Library
1895

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical year for this entry is 1895.
 
Location. 41° 47.747′ N, 71° 4.067′ W. Marker is in Assonet, Massachusetts, in Bristol County. It is on N Main Street north of Elm Street, on the right when traveling north. Located at the Guilford H. Hathaway Library. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Assonet MA 02702, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Northeast, in New England, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Freetown Village School (within shouting distance of this marker); Freetown Town Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); Freetown Honor Roll (within shouting distance
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of this marker); Dighton Community Church (approx. 3½ miles away); Tyler J. Trahan (approx. 3.6 miles away); Freetown World War II Monument (approx. 3.6 miles away); Edward Bobbett Slain Here (approx. 3.6 miles away); Freetown POW MIA Memorial (approx. 3.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Assonet.
 
Also see . . .  Guilford H. Hathaway Library History. (Submitted on October 30, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
 
Guilford H. Hathaway Library image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 26, 2022
2. Guilford H. Hathaway Library
The marker is next to the door.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 7, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 30, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 241 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 30, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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