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Weymouth is a city [2] in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is one of 13 municipalities in the state to have city forms of government while retaining "town of" in their official names. [ 3 ]
The remaining Weymouth settlers were supported by Plymouth until they were made part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. Massachusetts Bay Governor John Winthrop visited the settlement in 1632. [35] In time, the location of the original settlement was lost to history and development. The location of the original fort was not rediscovered ...
The Front Historic District is a predominantly residential historic district in Weymouth, Massachusetts.From the 18th to the 20th century, the area encompassed by this district was one of the more fashionable and desirable neighborhoods adjacent to the commercial Weymouth Landing area.
A plaque installed in the park in 1930 notes it was the location of the last attack on Weymouth by Native Americans under King Philip on April 19, 1676. The park was also the site of the Weymouth ...
The Weymouth Meeting House Historic District encompasses one of the oldest sections of Weymouth, Massachusetts.This area, centered on a cluster of properties near Church, East, Green, North, and Norton Streets, includes the city's oldest cemetery (the North Cemetery, established c. 1636), the site of its first meeting house, the 1833 church of its first congregation, the birthplace of ...
The Sea Street Historic District encompasses a portion of North Weymouth, Massachusetts that encapsulates 300 years of history in the town. The district is centered on a triangular area bounded by North Street, Bridge Street, and Sea Street, with extensions along Shaw Street, Curtis Street, and North Street as far as south as Neck Street.
Weymouth: c. 1650 [51] located at 84 Sea Street. Right side of building is the oldest house in Weymouth [72] Old Stockbridge Grist Mill: Scituate c. 1650: Possibly the oldest mill in Massachusetts John Harding House Medfield: c. 1650 [51] 74 Harding St. from the timbers of the old garrison, used as protection during the Indian attacks [73 ...
The Central Square Historic District is a historic district encompassing an area in Weymouth, Massachusetts, which was historically significant in the pre-factory period of shoe manufacturing. It is centered at the intersection of Middle and Broad Streets, extending on Middle Street from Maple to Charles Streets, and on Broad from just west of ...