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Roughly centered on Framingham Centre Common, between MA 9 and Interstate 90 42°18′13″N 71°26′08″W / 42.3036°N 71.4356°W / 42.3036; -71.4356 ( Framingham Centre Common Historic
Framingham, sited on the ancient trail known as the Old Connecticut Path, was first settled when John Stone settled on the west bank of the Sudbury River in 1647. In 1660, Judge Thomas Danforth, of the Salem Witch Trials fame, an official of the Bay Colony, formerly of Framlingham, Suffolk, received a grant of land at "Danforth's Farms" and began to accumulate over 15,000 acres (61 km 2).
The Framingham location was the center of several contentious tug-of-wars between Governor Michael Dukakis and local politician Anthony M. Colonna.After the town refused to sell General Motors a 35-acre (140,000 m 2), town-owned piece of property GM desired for the construction of a new paint and plastics facility, [3] Dukakis used the state's power of eminent domain to take the property from ...
Framingham (/ ˈ f r eɪ m ɪ ŋ h æ m / ⓘ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States.Incorporated in 1700, it is located in Middlesex County and the MetroWest subregion of the Greater Boston metropolitan area.
The former Nobscot Union Chapel, formerly at the corner of Water Street and Edgell Road, was moved in 2020 to 881 Edgell Road, and now houses Lush Beauty Lounge, Oct. 31, 2023.
Shopper's World is an open-air shopping center in Framingham, Massachusetts.The original facility (spelled Shoppers' World) is of historical significance as one of the first suburban shopping malls in the United States upon opening in 1951; though it had a central courtyard and covered walkways, it was not fully indoor.
The City of Framingham proclaimed last Oct. 9 to be "Charlie Audet Day." ... Photos of Charlie Audet's military career are shown on display at his home. Included is the Purple Heart, which he ...
The Framingham Centre Common Historic District encompasses the historic early center of Framingham, Massachusetts. It is centered on the old town common, which is west of Edgell Road, a short way north of the busy commercial corridor of Massachusetts Route 9 . [ 2 ]