South Attleboro in Bristol County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
Attleboro Refining Company
Historic Site
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 11, 2024
1. Attleboro Refining Company Marker
Inscription.
Attleboro Refining Company. Historic Site. The former Attleboro Refining Company building was built in 1899 for Harold D. Baker. Handy and Harmon Co. purchased the building in 1968 and used the building until the facility was turned over to the Attleboro Chamber of Commerce in 1976. As part of the city's Bicentennial Celebration, the Attleboro Bicentennial Commission created the Attleboro Industrial Museum which serves as a non-profit repository for historical data relating to area companies, past and present.
The former Attleboro Refining Company building was built in 1899 for Harold D. Baker. Handy & Harmon Co. purchased the building in 1968 and used the building until the facility was turned over to the Attleboro Chamber of Commerce in 1976. As part of the city's Bicentennial Celebration, the Attleboro Bicentennial Commission created the Attleboro Industrial Museum which serves as a non-profit repository for historical data relating to area companies, past and present.
Location. 41° 56.586′ N, 71° 16.917′ W. Marker is in Attleboro, Massachusetts, in Bristol County. It is in South Attleboro. It is on Union Street 0.1 miles south of Park Street (Massachusetts Route 118), on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 12 Union St, Attleboro MA 02703, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Providence. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. 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.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 11, 2024
3. Plaque inside of the museum
William Blackstone
First English inhabitant of Attleborough
1595 - 1675
A student of Emanuel College in Cambridge, he took the Holy Orders in the Church of England. Seeking asylum from religious bigotry, he came to the New World and founded the Town of Boston around 1625. that same intolerance caused him to settle on the banks of the Pawtucket River, being a part of Attleborough called the Gore.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 11, 2024
4. Another plaque inside the museum
Thomas Willett
1611 - 1674
Came to Plymouth with the Leydon Company about 1530. Having established a trading enterprise in Kennebeck, Maine he later followed Miles Standish as a captain in the Plymouth military in 1647. As assistant to the Governor, he was appointed to negotiate the Rehoboth North Purchase Land from Wamsutta. The sale was consummated in 1666, and the Township of Attleborough was incorporated on October 19, 1694. He participated in organizing the English government of New York where he served two terms as the first English mayor. Was a delegate of the United Colonies, and one of the founders of Swansea. He is buried at Bullock's cove in Seekonk.
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