The West Ward Schoolhouse
The history of Wakefield’s beloved “Little Red Schoolhouse, which has housed generations of Wakefield’s young. One of the oldest two-room schoolhouses in Massachusetts.
History of the Hartshorne House
***NEW: See the Hartshorne House video! The History of the Hartshorne House by Nancy Bertrand (excerpted from Wakefield: 350 Years by the Lake, copyright Wakefield 350, 1994) In the earliest days of the settlement of the town of…
History of Wakefield’s Old Burying Ground
The truest testaments to the first European settlers in this area are the fascinating carved slate stones that offer a hint of their joys as well as their sorrows, their lives, as well as their deaths. Some of the best examples in the nation of Puritan gravestone art can be found here.
The Rockery
Wakefield’s iconic Rockery began life as a European-style “sylvan grotto,” which was as controversial as most public improvements here….
The Hiker Memorial Statue
One of the most misunderstood of Wakefield’s monuments, many call this statue ‘the minuteman,’ although the truth is very different…
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