Townsend, MA

Town of Townsend

Townsend Historical Society

Paths of the Patriots
We will certainly never identify all the paths the Patriots took. Below you will find some of the places that echo with their footprints. See Paths of Patriots for more information.

Note: Private residences are only to be viewed from a public way.

Venue Description  

Amos Spaulding House
Brown Road
1735            

The Town Green area includes: cannons (installed 1812), Capt. Isaac Davis Monument (dedicated 1851), Town Hall (built 1863), library (built 1889). The Patriot's Day reenactment of march to Concord on 4/19/1775 occurs here.

Benjamin Spaulding marched from Townsend to Cambridge on the alarm of April 19, 1775.            

 

Dupee Tavern
178 Carlisle Road
1760            

Stage coach stop and a possible minuteman site.            

 
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