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Boston Post Road Historic District: Boston Post Road Historic District: February 11, 1983 : Both sides of the Boston Post Rd. from Plain Rd. to Stony Brook: Weston: 3: Case's Corner Historic District: Case's Corner Historic District: September 12, 2002
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, behind only New York .
The historic district extends for the entire length of US 20, some 3-1/2 miles. It also includes a segment of post road that passes through the town center, which was bypassed in 1931. The district is more than 750 acres (300 ha), and includes properties that are generally widely spaced in the eastern and western reaches, with a cluster of ...
Weston was incorporated in 1713, and protection of the town's historic resources is driven by the Weston Historical Commission [2] and Weston Historical Society. [3] The town has one Local Historic District, 10 National Register Districts, 26 Historic Areas, and seven houses individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [4]
The First Parish Church in Weston, Massachusetts has a history spanning nearly 300 years, with four different buildings erected on the same spot in Weston Center. Originally, in the mid-17th century, farmers and their families of the then West End of Watertown, gathered on this spot on Sunday mornings. The closest church was located in ...
Case's Corner Historic District is a residential, civic, and rural historic district in the geographic center of Weston, Massachusetts.The district is centered on the four-way intersection of School, Wellesley, Newton and Ash Streets in Weston, Massachusetts, and runs mainly along Wellesley Street, which runs north-south through the district between the centers of Weston and Wellesley.
In 2019, Weston voters approved the renovation and reuse of the Josiah Smith Tavern as a restaurant. Efforts to restore the building are being led by The Friends of Josiah Smith Tavern .
By the end of the 19th century, new reports of miraculous images of Jesus had appeared and continue to receive significant attention, e.g. Secondo Pia's 1898 photograph of the Shroud of Turin, one of the most controversial artifacts in history, which during its May 2010 exposition it was visited by over 2 million people.