If you had
looked out to sea
from this point on
June 1, 1813
you would have seen the
ship-to-ship battle between
USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon
where Captain James Lawrence
spoke his famous last words
“Don’t Give Up The . . . — — Map (db m95609) HM WM
Home of the Scituate Historical Society on land granted to Richard Garrett prior to 1646. Zephanian Cudworth built the present house in 1797 around the original chimney. — — Map (db m47900) HM
Boundary line between Norfolk and Plymouth Counties, originally established in 1640 as the boundary between the colonies of Massachusetts Bay and New Plymouth. — — Map (db m49623) HM
Front:
“Erected on this Lott
Aug. Ye 2d & 3d dayes, 1636.
Exercised in Novemb. 10 & 11, 1636.”
Top:
To the Memory of
The First
Ministers of Scituate
Giles Saxton — Nathaniel Pitcher
John . . . — — Map (db m30616) HM
This historic tower – a gift to the town in 1902 from Thomas W. Lawson, “The Copper King” has an over all height of 153 feet and encloses a water tank, a clock room and a bell room complete with tuned bells upon which melodies are played on . . . — — Map (db m218926) HM
A unique historical site in that its construction spans nearly three centuries. Five generations of the Mann family lived in this house. They were direct descendants of Richard Mann who settled in Scituate in 1636. — — Map (db m43638) HM
Burial place of many of the town’s original settlers who came from Kent County, England, in 1628. This is also the site of the first church in Scituate, built in 1634. — — Map (db m30615) HM
During the year 1810 the U. S. Congress voted [$]4000 to build a lighthouse at Scituate harbor. During the War of 1812 Abigail and Rebecca Bates, young daughters of the lighthouse keeper, prevented a British naval force from sacking the town . . . — — Map (db m23484) HM
In 1640 Isaac Stedman dammed up First Herring Brook and beside the pond thus formed, constructed the first water driven grist mill in the old colony. The mill owned and operated by the Stockbridge and Clapp families until 1922 was made famous in . . . — — Map (db m24546) HM
From which the town derived its name. The Indian word first written Satuit or Seteat, meaning cold brook, was changed in 1640 to Scituate. — — Map (db m42628) HM
The Stockbridge mansion, built before 1660, stood on this site. It was a garrison house in King Philip’s War for protection of the mills, and was successfully defended. The pond and mill were made famous by Woodworth’s poem "The Old Oaken Bucket." — — Map (db m48800) HM
This monumental 700-pound bell was cast in 1864 by Henry N. Hooper and Company – a firm begun by Paul Revere. This bell once rested on the Graves Ledge Bell Boat and served to warn unsuspecting mariners of certain danger. The Graves Ledge Bell Boat . . . — — Map (db m207215) HM
The Italian freighter Etrusco, a 7000 ton liberty ship, grounded here March 16, 1956, in a northeast blizzard. All hands safe. Refloated November 22, 1956.
Placed by the Cedar Point Association on the 30th anniversary of grounding and the . . . — — Map (db m23486) HM
Homestead and well made famous by Samuel Woodworth in his poem “The Old Oaken Bucket.” Homestead erected by John Northey in 1675; poet born in Scituate January 13, 1785. — — Map (db m48801) HM
The first plantations at "Satuit" were laid out by the Men of Kent before 1628 on this cliff, which was then much more extensive. — — Map (db m48038) HM
A portion of the house built by John Williams in 1634 is incorporated in the present house. It was a "garrison" or place of refuge and defense during King Philip's War. — — Map (db m48804) HM
