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The Thomas Hollis Historic District encompasses the historic civic and commercial heart of Holliston, Massachusetts. It extends along Washington Street (Massachusetts Routes 16 and 126 for about one mile, between Winter Street and Highland Street. Incorporated in 1724, this area now includes a well-preserved collection of predominantly 19th ...
Holliston is a New England town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States in the Greater Boston area. The population was 15,221 at the 2020 census. [1] It is located in MetroWest, a Massachusetts region that is west of Boston. Holliston is the only town in Middlesex County that borders both Norfolk and Worcester counties.
The linear district extends along Washington Street (Massachusetts Route 16) between Old Locust Street and the northeast junction with Curve Street, and then the full length of Curve Street. The area includes some of Holliston's early settlements, including the site of its first meeting house, near Curve Street and Jarr Brook. In the late 18th ...
The oldest portion of this 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story timber-frame house, its eastern three bays, was built c. 1710.The western two bays were added later in the 18th century, as was the rear leanto, giving the building its saltbox appearance.
Metcalf does not have any borders defined by the United States Census Bureau, and throughout its history has lacked any defining boundaries aside from its central point at the intersection of Washington Street and Summer Street in Holliston, which is corroborated by the U.S. Geological Survey. From its appearance on several atlases the village ...
Braggville is a former postal village located in Massachusetts, now within the towns of Holliston in Middlesex County, Medway in Norfolk County and Milford in Worcester County. Though people had settled the land long before the incorporation of the town of Holliston, Braggville's unofficial history began on March 8, 1785, when Alexander Bragg ...
Launceston (/ ˈ l ɑː n s t ən, ˈ l ɔː n-/ LAHN-stən, LAWN-, locally / ˈ l æ n s ən, ˈ l ɑː n-/ LA(H)N-sən; rarely spelled Lanson as a local abbreviation; Cornish: Lannstevan [2]) is a town, ancient borough, and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
John Dingley (1829-1885) bought Eagle House soon after his marriage to Charlotte Shum in 1857. He was born in 1829 in Launceston. His father was Richard Dingley, who was an agent of Tavistock Bank and had served as Mayor of Launceston. [23] In 1855 - together with his father, Edward Pethybridge and George White - John formed the Launceston Bank.