Marlborough's largest inner-city recreation land, Ward Park was named after the first Commander of the Continental Army, General Artemas Ward. The park is located across the street on property originally granted to William Ward, one of the founding . . . — — Map (db m260440) HM
Marlborough has followed the patterns of the American experience, depending largely on wave after wave of immigrant groups to fuel the need for cheap labor for its industrial growth. Before 1850, the few factories in town employed only descendants . . . — — Map (db m260513) HM
An unfortunate feature of any central commercial district is its historical exposure to fire and natural disaster.
In the early to mid-nineteenth century, almost all buildings in downtown Marlborough were made of wood. Arson and accidental . . . — — Map (db m260449) HM
Apremont St. Mihiel Chateau Thierry Meuse-Argonne Herbert F. Akroyd • Arthur C. Beausoleil • Charles A. Bellows • Sergt. David H. Bishop • Corp. Harold P. Blake • Oscar Blanchette • Eugene Boisse • Emile A. Boudreau • Lieut. William M. Brigham, . . . — — Map (db m66594) WM
Before 1750, Marlborough's town center was located in the area of the present Walker Building. It included a Meeting House, the minister's house and a blacksmith shop.
In the 1750's, Henry Barnes, British loyalist, built a home at the corner of . . . — — Map (db m260504) HM
In 1656, thirteen prominent citizens of Sudbury proposed a settlement to the west of their town and, in 1660, Marlborough was granted a charter.
It quickly became an important frontier outpost, opening a path on the main road to the Connecticut . . . — — Map (db m260466) HM
The First Church
From its very beginning, Marlborough's First Church played a critical role in the history of the town. The town's first Meeting House was constructed in 1663 on the Old Common on upper Main Street. That building was burned by . . . — — Map (db m260503) HM
Marlborough's first Meeting House, built here on the Old Common in 1663, may well be unique in all of Colonial history in that it was built on another “town's” property. A deed was subsequently brokered with the Praying Indians, the actual land . . . — — Map (db m260434) HM
Through this place passed General Henry Knox in the winter of 1775 – 1776 to deliver to General George Washington at Cambridge the train of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga used to force the British Army to evacuate Boston. Erected by the . . . — — Map (db m17940) HM
Marlborough's “Great Shoe Strike” was a battle that had serious negative impact on the city for decades, resulting in personal and business bankruptcies, losses in revenue, purchasing
power and credit, plummeting property values, and home . . . — — Map (db m260486) HM
Site of first meeting house completed in 1662, Rev. William Brimsmead Minister. It was built within the limits of the Indian planting field which was part of the Ockoocangansett Plantation, and was a source of hostile feelings toward the settlers. . . . — — Map (db m66595) HM
Marlborough's downtown monuments testify to the pride the city exhibits in honoring those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.
The largest Marlborough marker is the Civil War monument dedicated in 1869, which specifically identifies the . . . — — Map (db m260438) HM
Symbol of a nation's efforts to obtain freedom and equality for it's people
The John Brown Bell
owned, and placed here, John A. Rawlins Building Association, acting in behalf of Akroyd Houde Post 132, the American legion, with the . . . — — Map (db m155034) WM
In 1859, abolitionist John Brown attacked the Federal Armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia) intending to create a general uprising that would lead to the eventual freedom of slaves throughout the United States. Surrounded in the . . . — — Map (db m260505) HM
Dedicated by the City of Marlborough to the memory of Lieut. William Munroe Brigham Jr 104th Inf. 26th (YD) Div. U.S.A. Born in Marlborough, Dec. 12, 1894 Killed leading a charge at Epieds near Chateau Thierry, France, July 22, 1918 Where he was . . . — — Map (db m66597) WM
There may be little evidence of it today, but train service was once a major part of Marlborough community life.
A downtown station with a connection to Boston via Framingham was opened in June of 1855. Known as the Marlborough Branch, it ran . . . — — Map (db m260460) HM
In 1888, with Marlborough growing by leaps and bounds, Samuel Boyd, an entrepreneur, shoe
manufacturer and “Father of the City”, had visions of bringing a trolley system to Marlborough. He built and started a horse drawn system in 1888 and . . . — — Map (db m260493) HM
In 1901, faced with an increasing demand for library space, Marlborough's Mayor Walter Morse sought the help of philanthropist Andrew Carnegie whose library charities grew to include 1,689 libraries in the United States and 2,509 worldwide.
Our . . . — — Map (db m260421) HM
In November of 1775, the Revolutionary War was at a stalemate with the British siege of Boston in its seventh month. General George Washington commissioned twenty-five-year-old Henry Knox to “do all things necessary to purchase and otherwise . . . — — Map (db m260431) HM
The Old Common Cemetery is the second-oldest graveyard in Marlborough. The oldest is located on Spring Hill behind and to the east of First Church.
The earliest gravestone dates from 1713, the latest is dated 1884. Howe, Brigham and Rice . . . — — Map (db m260424) HM
Spring Hill Cemetery was first known as “Marlborough's Ould Burrying Feeled.” Lying on a raised plateau, it is invisible from all the surrounding streets but located just a short walk up the hill from this spot on Brown Street.
The oldest . . . — — Map (db m260510) HM
Marlborough's vibrant downtown in the 1900s would have seemed highly improbable to those who lived here during the early 1800s.
The 1833 state map of Marlborough shows that Marlborough's East Village and West Village, though well-developed, . . . — — Map (db m260462) HM
In the Colonial era, Marlborough was both on the frontier and on the main road, and acted as a primary parade route for early American history.
In August 1675, in the midst of King Philip's War, a party sent to Brookfield to . . . — — Map (db m260444) HM
The Praying Indian village of Okammakemesit, began by famed “missionary to
the Indians” John Eliot, sat atop Prospect Hill.
From 1654 to his death in 1674, Chief Onamog was the village leader. The Superintendent of Indian Affairs wrote of him, . . . — — Map (db m295849) HM
This site once served as home to a prestigious theater that entertained thousands of local residents during the early 1900s.
After hosting numerous prominent abolitionist speakers in the pre-Civil War era, the old Town Hall was moved to this . . . — — Map (db m260457) HM
Barnes, Edward • Bent, Jabez • Bent, Peter III • Bent, Peter IV • Brigham, Ithamar • Brigham, Daniel • Brigham, George • Brigham, Joseph • Brigham, Paul • Brigham, Winslow • Felton, Stephen • Gates, Silas • Hayden, David • Howe, Cyprian • Howe, . . . — — Map (db m260426) WM
Dedicated to USAF Captain "Red" Robert W. Touchette Born August 31, 1931 Killed January 27, 1962 Sacrificed his life by diving his disabled F-86 jet into the Alabama River to avoid a populated area 38 combat missions over Korea A true hero . . . — — Map (db m66599) HM WM
During the period of the American Revolution, this property belonged to Henry and Christian Barnes. Both were Tories (American colonists who supported England) and were eventually exiled as traitors.
Henry Barnes came from Boston in the . . . — — Map (db m260490) HM
Samuel Boyd (1812-1892) single-handedly shaped Marlborough from a small town to a vibrant city. He was a banker, an entrepreneur, and a pioneering shoe manufacturer. He owned the Boyd & Corey Shoe Factory on Main Street, reputed to be the largest . . . — — Map (db m260488) HM
Front Panel Ernest D Marshall • Willis H Page • John O Cole • Louis Sasseville • William S Wadden • Timothy E McGee • Ernest A Carpenter • Arhur B Hersey • Cornelius J Donahue • Joseph North • George Lynch • Herbert H Chase They died . . . — — Map (db m66598) WM
Baseball has been popular in Marlborough since the
mid-1800's. The most memorable baseball game came on a
fall day in 1901, when local amateurs defeated the professional
Boston Americans, the team that would later become the Boston
Red Sox.
. . . — — Map (db m260428) HM
When President George Washington visited Boston during his tour of the newly formed United States, he was asked if there was anyone in particular he wanted to meet. One man stood out, Marlborough resident William Dawes, who Washington described . . . — — Map (db m260506) HM
The first tavern was erected on this site by Lieutenant Abraham Williams in 1665. Destroyed by Indians in 1676, it was promptly rebuilt and managed by the Williams Family until 1829. Here the early Circuit Courts convened, stage coaches changed . . . — — Map (db m48023) HM
