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Lancaster was the site of the Mary Rowlandson (c. 1637 –1711) attack (Lancaster raid) in February 1676 (1675 old style calendar). During Metacom's War, which was fought partially in Lancaster, a group of Native Americans pillaged the entire town of Lancaster. Their last stop was Mary Rowlandson's house.
Lancaster's Old Settlers' Burying Ground is located south of the town's current village center, on the east side of Main Street (Massachusetts Route 70), south of the Nashua River. It occupies about 1.5 acres (0.61 ha), located at some distance from the roadway, between local railroad tracks and the Nashua River on an elongated rise largely ...
Settled in 1643, it has few traces of its early history, but is now a well-kept rural town center with a predominantly residential and civic character. It includes the First Church of Christ, Lancaster, which is a U.S. National Historic Landmark, [2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. [1]
Lancaster's Middle Cemetery is located south of the town's current village center, on the east side of Main Street (Massachusetts Route 70), south of the Nashua River.It occupies a roughly rectangular lot about 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) in size, fronted by a low stone retaining wall and fringed by woodlands, fields, and a railroad right-of-way to its east.
The North Village Historic District encompasses a well-preserved 19th-century rural village on North Main Street in Lancaster, Massachusetts. The district includes a collection of houses, most dating to the first half of the 19th century or earlier. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. [1]
In Lancaster the route heads eastward, crossing two branches of the Nashua River while having a short, quarter-mile concurrency with Route 70 south of Fort Devens. The route then crosses into Bolton, crossing Route 110 near the Bolton Flats State Wildlife Management Area. It then passes through the center of town before crossing I-495 at Exit 27.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes celebrates as he heads off the field following an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Chargers Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo.
The Nathaniel Thayer Estate is a 21,802 sq ft (2,025.5 m 2) historic house in Lancaster, Massachusetts.Built in 1846 and extensively restyled in 1902, it is a particularly fine example of Georgian Revival architecture, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.