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Visit. The Historical Society of Watertown. Edmund Fowle House & Museum. 28 Marshall St. Watertown, MA 02472-3408. Tel: 617-923-6067. Visit us on Facebook! Museum Hours. The museum is generally open for guided tours from 1:00 - 4:00 PM on the third Sunday of most months (see specific dates below) or by appointment.
November 11, 1977. The Edmund Fowle House is a historic house and local history museum at 28 Marshall Street in Watertown, Massachusetts, USA. Built in 1772, it is the second-oldest surviving house in Watertown (after the Browne House, built c. 1698), and served as the meeting place for the Massachusetts Provincial Congress in the first year of ...
Edmund Fowle House. Built in 1772, the Edmund Fowle House is the second oldest surviving house in Watertown. At the beginning of the American Revolution it served as headquarters for the executive branch of the Massachusetts government from July, 1775, to September, 1776.
- Edmund Fowle House
- Treaty of Watertown
- The Watertown Militia
- Soldiers' Monument
- Watertown Newspaper Headlines 1880-1941
The Edmund Fowle House, built in 1772, serves as the current home of the Historical Society of Watertown. A major restoration of the Fowle House was undertaken in 2005, revealing many fascinating details of the building's long and varied history. Take an online 3D tour (requires a browser that supports WebGL) or visitin person to learn about its hi...
Click hereto read about the first international treaty entered into by the newly-formed United states in 1776.
The Watertown Militia has a history that spans 289 years. Read more about it in a reportfrom the Director of Historical Services at the Massachusetts National Guard's Adjutant General's Office.
Watertown's Saltonstall Park is home to a Civil War Soldiers' Monument, which was dedicated in 1889 and restored and rededicated in 2013.
Newspapers can be a great source of historical information. In 2011, the Historical Society of Watertown hosted an auction of select bound volumes of two local newspapers, The Watertown Enterprise and The Watertown Sun, dating from 1880-1941. Preparations for the auction led to the creation of a searchable PDF documentcontaining headlines of intere...
Sep 13, 2019 · Sep 2019. The Museum is housed in the Edmund Fowle House, built in 1772, and is the second oldest surviving house in Watertown, MA. The museum is quaint but informative. Not just about the house's history, but American history as well.
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Oct 14, 2023 · Edmund Fowle’s house, now owned by the Historical Society of Watertown, was built on the site where Mt. Auburn Street joins Marshall Street. Marshall Street did not exist at that time.
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