North Attleborough Center in Bristol County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
Draper Farm Historic Site
Photographed by Bryan Simmons, July 2012
1. Draper Farm Historic Site Marker
Circa 4000BC
Natives of this area made tools from red felsite rock.
1669-1771
The Allen, Capron and Mann families owned this property. The Mann family burial ground still remains close by.
1772
Stephan Draper built a homestead and farmed fifty acres of this land where its descendants continued to live for 150 years.
1859
His son Gamaliel B. Draper, having made a fortune in the gold rush of the west, built a new home on the original site and became a gentleman farmer. He was elected to the first board of selectmen of the new town of North Attleboro in 1887.
1996
The Draper Farm became the home of the Showcase Cinema Theaters.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1772.
Location. 41° 57.092′ N, 71° 20.577′ W. Marker is in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, in Bristol County. It is in North Attleborough Center. It is on Draper Avenue, on the left when traveling east. Located at the Southern end of the Showcase movies parking lot. Touch for map.
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Regionally, this marker is in Greater Providence. It is also 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Old Powder House 1768 (approx. 0.7 miles away); Garland - Muccio Square (approx. 1.7 miles away); North Attleborough World War I Monument (approx. 2.1 miles away); The First Attleborough Towne House (approx. 2.1 miles away); North Attleborough World War II Memorial (approx. 2.1 miles away); Veterans Bandstand (approx. 2.1 miles away); Global Climate Change (approx. 2½ miles away); Plymouth Colony / Massachusetts Colony (approx. 2.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in North Attleborough.
Photographed by Bryan Simmons, July 2012
2. Draper Farm Historic Site Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on July 17, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 23, 2012, by Bryan Simmons of Attleboro, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 3,269 times since then and 172 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 23, 2012, by Bryan Simmons of Attleboro, Massachusetts. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
