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Wellesley is the longest running Tree City USA community of any city or town in Massachusetts. Wellesley's Tree Bylaw became effective July 1, 2011, requiring property owners to protect certain trees and critical root zones during construction projects, and replace trees that are cut down or donate money to a special tree fund.
The Gardens at Elm Bank, home of Massachusetts Horticultural Society, occupies 36 acres (15 ha) of Elm Bank Reservation, [1] a 175-acre (71 ha) [2] recreational area of woodlands, fields, and former estate property on the Charles River managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. [3]
The Hunnewell Estates Historic District is an historic district between the Charles River and Lake Waban in Wellesley and Natick, Massachusetts, about 17 miles west of Boston. It consists of the large group of 18th to 21st century agricultural and estate properties with farmland, gardens, residences, and landscapes of the Hunnewell and Welles ...
The Eaton-Moulton Mill is a historic industrial building at 37 Walnut Street in the Wellesley Lower Falls village of Wellesley, Massachusetts. The 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story granite mill building was built c. 1853 by the firm of Reuben Ware and William Clark, manufacturers of papermaking machinery. The building is distinctive for its use of stone, a ...
The H. H. Hunnewell estate in Wellesley, Massachusetts was the country home of H. H. Hunnewell (1810–1902), containing over 500 species of woody plants in 53 families. The estate remains in the family, and includes the first (1854) topiary garden in the United States, featuring intricate geometrically clipped native Eastern white pine and ...
Wellesley: Town Norfolk Representative town meeting 29,550 10.5 sq mi (27.19 km 2) 10.2 sq mi (26.42 km 2) 1881 Stoughton: Town Norfolk Representative town meeting 29,281 16.3 sq mi (42.22 km 2) 16.0 sq mi (41.44 km 2) 1726 West Springfield: City Hampden Mayor-Council 28,835 17.5 sq mi (45.32 km 2) 16.7 sq mi (43.25 km 2) 1774 Agawam: City ...
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 14th Norfolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Middlesex County and Norfolk County. [1] Democrat Alice Peisch of Wellesley has represented the district since 2003. [2]
Wellesley Town Hall is located at 525 Washington Street in Wellesley, Massachusetts.Occupying a prominent location in Hunnewell Park near the town's central business district, this Romanesque stone building was designed by Shaw & Hunnewell and built between 1881 and 1886.