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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Middlesex County

 
Clickable Map of Middlesex County, Massachusetts and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Middlesex County, MA (569) Essex County, MA (399) Norfolk County, MA (232) Suffolk County, MA (626) Worcester County, MA (441) Hillsborough County, NH (96)  MiddlesexCounty(569) Middlesex County (569)  EssexCounty(399) Essex County (399)  NorfolkCounty(232) Norfolk County (232)  SuffolkCounty(626) Suffolk County (626)  WorcesterCounty(441) Worcester County (441)  HillsboroughCountyNew Hampshire(96) Hillsborough County (96)
Lowell and Cambridge are both the county seat for Middlesex County
Adjacent to Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Essex County (399)  ►
Norfolk County (232)  ►
Suffolk County (626)  ►
Worcester County (441)  ►
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire (96)  ►
 
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1 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Acton — Captain John Heald — 1630 - 1930 —
On Carlisle Road 0.6 miles north of Main Street (Massachusetts Route 27), on the left when traveling east.
2 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Acton — Captain Thomas Wheeler House — 1630 - 1930 —
On Alcott Street 0.2 miles south of Concord Road.
3 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Acton — Faulkner Homestead — 1630 - 1930 —
On High Street (Massachusetts Route 27) close to Main Street (Local Route .01), on the right.
4 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Arlington — Arlington Reservoir —
Near Park Circle, on the left when traveling north.
5 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Arlington — Captain Cooke’s Mill Lane — 1630 – 1930 —
On Massachusetts Avenue (U.S. 3) at Water Street, on the right when traveling west on Massachusetts Avenue.
6 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Arlington — Cooper’s Tavern —
On Massachusetts Avenue (U.S. 3) at Medford Street, on the right when traveling west on Massachusetts Avenue.
7 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Arlington — House of John Cutter —
On Massachusetts Ave at Mill St, on the right when traveling west on Massachusetts Ave.
8 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Arlington — Jason Russell House — 1630 – 1930 —
On Jason Street, on the right when traveling south.
9 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Arlington — Old Men of Menotomy —
On Massachusetts Avenue (U.S. 3) at Pleasant Street ( Route 60), on the right when traveling east on Massachusetts Avenue.
10 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Arlington — Samuel Whittemore —
On Massachusetts Avenue (U.S. 3) at Mystic Street ( Route 60), on the right when traveling west on Massachusetts Avenue.
11 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Arlington — The Foot of the Rocks —
On Massachusetts Avenue at Lowell Street, on the right when traveling west on Massachusetts Avenue.
12 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Arlington — The Foot of the Rocks —
On Massachusetts Avenue at Lowell Street, on the right when traveling west on Massachusetts Avenue.
13 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Arlington — Whittemore Park —
On Massachusetts Avenue (U.S. 3) at Mystic Street ( Route 60), on the right when traveling west on Massachusetts Avenue.
14 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Ashby — Near this spot was the residence and garrison of John Fitch —
On Richardson Road at South Road, in the median on Richardson Road.
15 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Ashland — Ashland Town Hall —
On Main Street south of Pleasant Street, on the right when traveling south.
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16 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Ayer — Camp Stevens Muster Ground —
Near Groton-Shirley Road north of Fitchburg Road ( Route 21), on the left when traveling north.
17 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Bedford — Bedford Revolutionary War Memorial —
On Springs Road north of Great Road, on the right when traveling north.
18 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Belmont — In Memory of the Men of Belmont —
On Concord Avenue at Pleasant Street ( Route 60), on the right when traveling west on Concord Avenue.
19 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Billerica — Billerica — 1630 - 1930 —
On Concord Road.
20 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Billerica — Danforth Homestead — 1630 - 1930 —
On Boston Road close to River Street.
21 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Billerica — John Rogers Homestead — 1630 - 1930 —
On Billerica Avenue just north of Hickory Lane, on the right when traveling north.
22 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Boxborough — Henderson Inches Sawmill —
On Liberty Square Road 0.2 miles north of Massachusetts Avenue ( Route 111), on the left when traveling north.
23 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Area 2/MIT — "Past, Present, Future" —
On Ames Street at Broadway, on the left when traveling south on Ames Street.
24 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Area 2/MIT — Lawrence W. Gorman Memorial —
On Main Street east of Havward Street, on the left when traveling east.
25 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Area 2/MIT — The Looking Glass —
On Main Street just west of Wadsworth Street, on the left when traveling east.
26 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Area 2/MIT — The Looking Glass —
On Main Street at Wadsworth Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
27 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Area 2/MIT — The Smoot —
On Massachusetts Avenue at Memorial Drive, on the right when traveling south on Massachusetts Avenue.
28 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Baldwin — Maria Baldwin — Educator, Lecturer, and Community Activist — 1856 - 1922 —
On Oxford Street near Sacamento Street, on the left when traveling north.
29 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Baldwin — Oldest House in Cambridge — 1630 – 1930 —
On Massachusetts Avenue (Massachusetts Route 2A) at Linnaean Street, on the right when traveling south on Massachusetts Avenue.
30 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Cambridgeport — Fort Washington —
On Waverly Street, on the right when traveling north.
31 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Central Square — Francis P. Soucie Square —
On Norfolk Street at Bishop Allen Drive, on the right when traveling south on Norfolk Street.
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32 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, East Cambridge — Dinosaurs in New England — Rocky Hill, Connecticut — 200 million years old —
On Museum of Science Driveway just east of Charles River Dam Road ( Route 28), on the right when traveling east.
33 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, East Cambridge — Putnam School —
On Sciarappa St at Otis St, on the right when traveling south on Sciarappa St.
34 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, East Cambridge — Red Granite — Aswan Quarries, Egypt — Over 600 million years old —
On Charles River Dam Road (Massachusetts Route 28) 0.1 miles east of Edwin H Land Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
35 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, East Cambridge — Spot where the British Landed —
On Second Street at Otis St, on the right when traveling south on Second Street.
36 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, East Cambridge — They Built the Museum of Science —
On Charles River Dam Road east of Edwin H. Land Boulevard, on the left when traveling east.
37 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, East Cambridge — Tyrannosaurus rex —
On Charles River Dam Road east of Edwin H. Land Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
38 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Harvard Square — Ancient Oak —
On Massachusetts Avenue at Cambridge Street, on the right when traveling south on Massachusetts Avenue.
39 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Harvard Square — Continental Troops Assembled —
On Cambridge Street at Massachusetts Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Cambridge Street.
40 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Harvard Square — Harriet A. Jacobs — Abolitionist, Author, and Women's Rights Advocate — c. 1813-1897 —
On Story Street at Mt. Auburn Street, on the right when traveling south on Story Street.
41 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Harvard Square — Headquarters of General Ward —
On Cambridge Street at Massachusetts Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Cambridge Street.
42 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Harvard Square — Holworthy Hall —
Near Broadway east of Cambridge Street, on the right when traveling east.
43 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Harvard Square — Josiah Quincy — 1772-1864 — Patriarch of all Public Men in America —
On Massachusetts Avenue (Massachusetts Route 2A) at Harvard Street, on the right when traveling west on Massachusetts Avenue.
44 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Harvard Square — Nathaniel Eaton & Edward Goffe Houses —
On Massachusetts Avenue (Massachusetts Route 2A) at Dunster Street, on the right when traveling west on Massachusetts Avenue.
45 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Harvard Square — Near this spot… —
On Brattle Street at Story Street, on the left when traveling north on Brattle Street.
46 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Harvard Square — Prof. John Winthrop —
On Mt. Auburn Street at John F. Kennedy Street, on the left when traveling east on Mt. Auburn Street.
47 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Harvard Square — Richard T. Greener — Educator, Lawyer, and Diplomat — 1844 - 1922 —
On Massachusetts Avenue (Massachusetts Route 2A) south of Church Street, on the right when traveling south.
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48 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Harvard Square — Sen Lee — 1916-1994 —
On Massachusetts Avenue (Massachusetts Route 2A) at Harvard Street, on the right when traveling north on Massachusetts Avenue.
49 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Harvard Square — Sgt. Thomas J. Williams —
On Massachusetts Avenue (Massachusetts Route 2A) at Harvard Street, on the right when traveling north on Massachusetts Avenue.
50 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Harvard Square — Stephen Daye —
On Dunster Street at Massachusetts Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Dunster Street.
51 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Harvard Square — The Founding of Newtowne / Newtowne and Cambridge — This Is the Place — 1630 —
On Mount Auburn Street west of John F. Kennedy Street, on the right when traveling east.
52 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Harvard Square — Thomas Dudley —
On Dunster Street, on the right when traveling south.
53 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Harvard Square — Waterhouse House —
On Waterhouse Street close to Concord Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
54 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Harvard Square on the Cambridge Common — John Bridge 1578–1665 —
On Massachusetts Avenue at Waterhouse Street, on the left when traveling north on Massachusetts Avenue.
55 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Harvard Square on the Cambridge Common — Revolutionary Barracks —
On Waterhouse Street north of Garden Street, on the right when traveling north.
56 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Harvard Square on the Harvard University Campus — Appleton Chapel —
Near Harvard Yard.
57 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Harvard Square on the Harvard University Campus — Baptism of John Harvard —
Near Broadway east of Cambridge Street, on the right when traveling east.
58 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Harvard Square on the Harvard University Campus — Original Memorial Church Bell —
Near Harvard Yard.
59 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Inman Square — Clement G. Morgan — Lawyer, Public Official, and Activist — 1859 - 1929 —
On Prospect Street south of Hampshire Street, on the right when traveling south.
60 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Inman Square — Jake & Earl's Dixie BBQ —
On Cambridge Street near Prospect Street.
61 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Kendall Square — Danny Lewin —
On Broadway west of Galileo Galilei Way, on the right when traveling east.
62 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Mid-Cambridge — Fourth Meeting House —
On Massachusetts Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
63 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Mid-Cambridge — Gore Hall —
Near Massachusetts Avenue at Linden Street, on the right when traveling north.
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64 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Mid-Cambridge — Hollis Hall —
Near Massachusetts Avenue.
65 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Mid-Cambridge — Indian College —
Near Massachusetts Avenue at Dunster Street, on the right when traveling west.
66 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Mid-Cambridge — John "Muggsie" Kelly —
On Massachusetts Avenue (Massachusetts Route 2A) south of Peabody Street, on the right when traveling north.
67 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Mid-Cambridge — John Harvard —
On Massachusetts Avenue (Massachusetts Route 2A) at Peabody Street, on the right when traveling north on Massachusetts Avenue.
68 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Mid-Cambridge — Joseph McKean —
On Massachusetts Avenue (Massachusetts Route 2A) at Holyoke Street, on the right when traveling west on Massachusetts Avenue.
69 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Mid-Cambridge — Massachusetts Hall —
Near Massachusetts Avenue at Church Street, on the right when traveling north.
70 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Mid-Cambridge — Old Cambridge Baptist Church — A Progressive Peace and Justice Congregation — Founded in 1844 —
On Massachusetts Avenue north of Arrow Street, on the right when traveling north.
71 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Mid-Cambridge — The McKean Gate —
On Massachusetts Avenue (Route 2A) at Holyoke Street, on the left when traveling east on Massachusetts Avenue.
72 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Mid-Cambridge — Thomas Shepard —
On Massachusetts Avenue (Massachusetts Route 2A) at Holyoke Street, on the right when traveling west on Massachusetts Avenue.
73 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Mid-Cambridge — To Harvard University students faculty staff alumni… —
Near Massachusetts Avenue (Massachusetts Route 2A) at Holyoke Street, on the right when traveling west.
74 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Mid-Cambridge — University Hall / John Harvard —
Near Massachusetts Avenue (Massachusetts Route 2A) at Peabody Street, on the right when traveling north.
75 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Mid-Cambridge — Wadsworth House —
On Massachusetts Avenue (Massachusetts Route 2A) west of Holyoke Street, on the right when traveling west.
76 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Mid-Cambridge — Wadsworth House —
Near Massachusetts Avenue (Massachusetts Route 2A) east of Dunster Street, on the right when traveling west.
77 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Neighborhood Nine — An Gorta Mór - The Great Hunger —
On Garden Street west of Massachusetts Avenue ( Route 2A), on the left when traveling east.
78 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Neighborhood Nine — Cambridge Common —
On Massachusetts Avenue (Massachusetts Route 2A) at Garden Street, on the right when traveling south on Massachusetts Avenue.
79 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Neighborhood Nine — Cambridge Soldiers and Sailors Monument —
On Massachusetts Avenue south of Waterhouse Street, on the right when traveling south.
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80 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Neighborhood Nine — MA-27 — Gen. Henry Knox Trail —
On Garden Street at Mason Street, on the right when traveling west on Garden Street.
81 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Neighborhood Nine — George Washington —
On Garden Street at Massachusetts Avenue ( Route 2A), on the right when traveling west on Garden Street.
82 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Neighborhood Nine — History of Cambridge —
On Massachusetts Avenue (Massachusetts Route 2A) at Garden Street, on the right when traveling south on Massachusetts Avenue.
83 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Neighborhood Nine — Old Cambridge — A Revolution in Cambridge / Intellectual Flowering —
On Massachusetts Avenue (Massachusetts Route 2A) at Garden Street, on the left when traveling north on Massachusetts Avenue.
84 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Neighborhood Nine — Old Cambridge — Newtowne / From Country Village to City —
On Massachusetts Avenue (Route 2A) at Garden Street, on the right when traveling south on Massachusetts Avenue.
85 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Neighborhood Nine — Old Cambridge / Religion and Government in the Early History of Cambridge —
On Massachusetts Avenue (Massachusetts Route 2A) at Garden Street, on the right when traveling south on Massachusetts Avenue.
86 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Neighborhood Nine — Old Charlestown – Watertown Path —
On Garden Street, on the right when traveling west.
87 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Neighborhood Nine — Prince Hall Memorial —
On Garden Street east of Mason Street, on the right when traveling west.
88 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Neighborhood Nine — Route of William Dawes —
On Massachusetts Avenue at Garden Street, on the right when traveling south on Massachusetts Avenue.
89 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Neighborhood Nine — Washington Elm —
On Garden Street west of Appian Way, on the right when traveling west.
90 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Neighborhood Nine — Way to Charlestown — 1630 – 1930 —
Near Massachusetts Avenue.
91 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Neighborhood Nine — William H. Lewis — All-American Football Player, Lawyer, and Public Official — 1868 - 1949 —
On Upland Road near Newell Street, on the left when traveling west.
92 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, North Cambridge — James Walter Mullally Crossing —
Near Cedar Street at Massachusetts Avenue.
93 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, North Cambridge — Pauline Hopkins — Author, Editor and Publisher — 1856 - 1930 —
On Clifton Street near Dubley Street, on the left when traveling south.
94 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, North Cambridge — Reverend P. Thomas Stanford — Author, Pastor, and Community Activist — 1860 - 1909 —
On Dudley Street near Clay Street, on the left when traveling east.
95 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Observatory Hill — Emery T. Morris — Public Official and Equal Rights Advocate — 1849 - 1924 —
On Parker Street at Healed Street, on the right when traveling east on Parker Street.
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96 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Riverside — Cambridge — 1630 - 1930 —
On Massachusetts Avenue at Dunster Street, on the right when traveling south on Massachusetts Avenue.
97 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Riverside — Club 47 — 1958 - 1963 —
On Mount Auburn Street (Massachusetts Route 2A) east of Plympton Street, on the left when traveling east.
98 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Riverside — Dr. Martin Luther King —
Near Central Square at River Street.
99 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Riverside — Franklin H. Wright — Public Official and Community Leader — 1880 - 1933 —
On Magee Street east of Putnam Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
100 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Riverside — Harvard Student Agencies — HSA —
On Bow Street east of Mount Auburn Street, on the right when traveling east.

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