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The following is a list of properties managed by The Trustees of Reservations (TTOR), a non-profit land conservation and historic preservation organization dedicated to preserving natural and historical places in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Trustees are the oldest regional land trust in the world.
County Registry (area) Address Municipality location Notes Norfolk County: Registry of Deeds (all) 649 High Street: Dedham: A Norfolk County was established 10 May 1643 by the Massachusetts Bay Colony with significantly different bounds than the present county (covering an area north of the Merrimack River); it was disbanded 4 February 1680.
The U.S. state of Massachusetts has 14 counties, though eight [1] of these fourteen county governments were abolished between 1997 and 2000. The counties in the southeastern portion of the state retain county-level local government (Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth) or, in one case, (Nantucket County) consolidated city-county government.
Distribution of listings by county as of January 2025 The National Register of Historic Places is a United States federal official list of places and sites considered worthy of preservation. In the state of Massachusetts , there are over 4,300 listings, representing about 5% of all NRHP listings nationwide and the second-most of any U.S. state ...
The Wakefield Estate occupies 22 acres (8.9 ha), a remnant of once-larger holdings, on the west side of Brush Hill Road just north of its intersection with Blue Hill Avenue in western Milton. The estate includes three residences and a number of outbuildings, used historically for agricultural and horticultural purposes.
Lucy Moten was born in 1851 to a free Black couple in Washington, D.C. Educated in Massachusetts and Howard University, she was director for 37 years (1883-1920) of the Miner Normal School, a ...
The Land Court shares jurisdiction over other property matters with other court departments. The court's jurisdiction overlaps significantly with that of the Massachusetts Superior Court in many instances, because the Superior Court has original jurisdiction in civil actions over $25,000, and in matters where equitable relief is sought. [2]
Brandegee Estate: Brandegee Estate: October 17, 1985 : 280 Newton St. South Brookline: Extends into Boston in Suffolk County: 8: Brookline Town Green Historic District: Brookline Town Green Historic District: June 22, 1980