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Dedham in Norfolk County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
 

Fairbanks House

1630 - 1930

 
 
Fairbanks House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Russell C. Bixby, August 31, 2011
1. Fairbanks House Marker
Inscription. Oldest house in Dedham, a part of it built about 1636. Homestead of Jonathan Fairbanks, who, with his sons John, George, and Jonathan, Junior, signed the Dedham Covenant September 10, 1636. Ancestral home of the late Vice- President Fairbanks.
 
Erected 1930 by Massachusetts Bay Colony-Tercentenary Commission.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Colonial Era. In addition, it is included in the Massachusetts Bay Colony—Tercentenary Commission Markers series list. A significant historical date for this entry is September 10, 1640.
 
Location. 42° 14.609′ N, 71° 10.065′ W. Marker is in Dedham, Massachusetts, in Norfolk County. Marker is at the intersection of Eastern Avenue and East Street, on the right when traveling east on Eastern Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Dedham MA 02026, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Dedham (approx. 0.4 miles away); Vietnam War Memorial (approx. half a mile away); The Powder House (approx. 0.8 miles away); Dedham Boat Club (approx. 0.8 miles away); 54th Infantry - 55th Infantry - 5th Cavalry (approx. 1.9 miles away); Ponkapoag Plantation (approx. 4 miles away); Boston Civil War Memorial
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(approx. 4.2 miles away); Boston Spanish American War Memorial (approx. 4.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dedham.
 
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 31, 2011, by Russell Chaffee Bixby of Bernardston, Massachusetts.) 
 
Fairbanks House Entry- Dedham, Massachusetts image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Russell C. Bixby, August 31, 2011
2. Fairbanks House Entry- Dedham, Massachusetts
Fairbanks House Monument- Dedham, Massachusetts image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Russell C. Bixby, August 31, 2011
3. Fairbanks House Monument- Dedham, Massachusetts
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 27, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 31, 2011, by Russell Chaffee Bixby of Bernardston, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 796 times since then and 10 times this year. Last updated on October 26, 2011, by Russell Chaffee Bixby of Bernardston, Massachusetts. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on August 31, 2011, by Russell Chaffee Bixby of Bernardston, Massachusetts. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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