Historical Markers and War Memorials in Whitinsville, Massachusetts
Worcester is the county seat for Worcester County
Whitinsville is in Worcester County
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On Church Street Extension, 0.5 miles east of Providence Road (Massachusetts Route 122), on the right when traveling east.
Northbridge, MA
Canal Route & Lock Location
This property
has been listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m117520) HM
On Linwood Avenue at Church Street, on the left when traveling east on Linwood Avenue.
To the men of
Northbridge
who gave their lives
for their country
Andrew Addison • Henry W Ainsworth • James Allen
Arthur J Andrus • Alfred A Batcheller
Elbridge Bodwell • Dexter Brown • Edwin R Brown
Joseph E Brown • Jeremiah H . . . — — Map (db m117472) WM
On Main Street at Purgatory Road, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
Corporal John M. Dawson, lifelong resident of Whitinsville, was killed in action while on a patrol in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on April 8, 2015. He served as a combat medic assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry . . . — — Map (db m117449) WM
On Church Street Extension, 0.5 miles east of Providence Road (Massachusetts Route 122), on the left when traveling east.
In 1836 Israel Plummer built a store beside a boat basin and dock here—the mid-point of the canal journey between Worcester, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island. Retail products sold at Plummer's store included stove parts, tools and . . . — — Map (db m117521) HM
On Linwood Avenue at Hill Street/Douglas Road, on the right when traveling east on Linwood Avenue.
World War II
[Honored Dead]
Oliver Ashton • Frank Berkowicz • Francis Bonoyer
Floyd Convent • Francis Deveau • Alvin Dillaber
Harvey Duquette • William Girard • Edward H Haringa
Philip Hathaway • Douglas Henderson • Bouwe . . . — — Map (db m117474) WM
On Linwood Avenue, 0.2 miles east of Cross Street, on the right when traveling east.
The Mumford Riverwalk
is dedicated to
Thomas J. Melia, Jr.
1926-1998
who dedicated his life to us in war and in
peace: as a U.S. Marine and as an Officer
and Chief of our police department.
His life was an inspiration to us . . . — — Map (db m117450) WM
On Linwood Avenue at Church Street, on the right when traveling east on Linwood Avenue.
Dedicated to the men and women
from the town of Northbridge who
served during the Vietnam War
"Ours was an honorable cause"
In memory of
Joseph E. Fitzgerald
SSgt. United States Army
November 25, 1948 - May 31, 1967
LLRP, 3rd . . . — — Map (db m117481) WM
On Church Street Extension, 0.5 miles east of Providence Road (Massachusetts Route 122), on the right when traveling east.
"The hardest working river, the most thoroughly harnessed to the mill wheels of labor in the United States, probably the world, is the Blackstone."
Winthrop Packard, 1909
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management (DEM) created . . . — — Map (db m117522) HM
On Church Street east of Main Street/Linwood Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Edward Whitin and
Arthur Fletcher Whitin
have erected this building
to be maintained forever
as a
free library
for the use of the
Citizens of Northbridge . . . — — Map (db m117469) HM
