Historical Markers and War Memorials in Mendon, Massachusetts
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On Main Street at Hastings Street (Massachusetts Route 16), on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
Here stood Mendon's first meetinghouse, built in 1668 and destroyed by Indians in 1676. Joseph Emerson, the minister, was an ancestor of Ralph Waldo Emerson. — — Map (db m48762) HM
On Main Street near Hastings Street (Massachusetts Route 16), on the right when traveling south.
In memory of the honored founders of Mendon 'the old mother town.' Settled 1663. Incorporated 1667. Eight towns are now located on her original territory. Near this spot Mendon's first three meeting houses were built."
Founders 1668: . . . — — Map (db m91558) HM
On Main Street at Hastings Street (Massachusetts Route 16), on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
Mother Mendon
Mendon began as an eight-mile square tract purchased for twenty-four pounds from several Native American tribes in 1662. In 1663, fifteen families, mostly from Braintree and Weymouth, undertook the arduous task of creating this new . . . — — Map (db m195663) HM
On Main Street near Maple Street, on the left when traveling south.
Built in 1840, this Greek Revival Style three-story building named in honor of President William Henry Harrison was constructed in partnership between the townspeople and Gentleman Farmer Silas Dudley who donated the land and design for the . . . — — Map (db m195701) HM
On Providence Street near George Street, on the right when traveling south.
Who fought in the French-Indian Wars 1755 - 1763 and its Minute Men who responded so quickly to the Lexington Alarm April 19, 1775 and its Revolutionary Soldiers who did their part in winning the war that gave us our freedom and independence 1775 - . . . — — Map (db m63959) HM
On Mendon Street (Massachusetts Route 16) near Maple Street, on the right when traveling east.
The Roll of Martyrs
Presented by
Austin Wood
John B. Rockwood Died at Newbern N.C. Nov. 24, 1863.
Patrick Wallace Died at Newbern N.C. Oct. 24, 1862.
Martin S. Howe Died at Morris Island S.C. Nov. 23, 1863.
Robert . . . — — Map (db m195655) WM
On Main Street near Hastings Street (Massachusetts Route 16), on the left when traveling north.
Mendon Historical Society
1896 - 1996
Dedicated to the Collection and Curatorship
of Historic Data and Artifacts Relating to
"Mothertown" Mendon and Daughters
May 18, 1996 — — Map (db m195664) HM
On Main Street at Maple Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
In Honor of those of Mendon who Served in
Korean Era Vietnam Era
( left plaque )
Barnes Daniel N. · Butler William W. · Carmody James · Closson Alfred · Coburn Donald E. · Cram Habner O. · Delana Rudolph L. · Devoll Robert B. · . . . — — Map (db m195696) WM
On Main Street at Maple Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Mendon
In Honor of Those Who Served in
1917 The World War 1919
George M. Aldrich · George M. Barrows · Harold C. Barrows · Leslie M. Burr · Edmund Cedarholm · Albert S. Coleman · Moses M. Coleman · Albert I. Cromb · John J. Curley · William . . . — — Map (db m195698) HM
On Main Street at Maple Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
In Honor of Those Who Served in
1941 World War II 1945
Allegrezza, Aldo O. · Allegrezza, Nello A. · Anthony, Lewis L. · Barrows, Harold C., Jr. · Bell, Robert E. · ★Bessette, Raymond · Beyer, Edward D. · Blanchard, Alphonse · Bonetta, . . . — — Map (db m195699) WM
On Hastings Street (Massachusetts Route 16) at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Hastings Street.
Mendon’s First Meeting House
— Built 1668 —
Destroyed by King Philip’s warriors
at the burning of the town in 1676
Rev. Joseph Emerson — its only minister
ancestor of Ralph Waldo Emerson
this tablet erected in the name of
the Mendon . . . — — Map (db m195660) HM