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Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Home of Old Sturbridge Village.
In 1946, the three sons of George Wells (American Optical Company), created Old Sturbridge Village, the largest living museum in New England.
Sturbridge includes: Shuttleville, Snellville, Westville, Fiskdale, and Leadmine.
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- 1729 - Sturbridge is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1738 - Sturbridge is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates 
Publick House, Sturbridge, Mass., 1771
The Publick House Historic Inn was originally established on the eve of the American Revolution by Colonel Ebenezer Crafts...
When Crafts finally debuted his wonderful new inn during the 1770s, he decided ... Read MORE...
Postcard- 1839 - Sturbridge
Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Worcester county. This is a very pleasant town, and is well watered by Quinebaug river. It lies 60 miles W.S.W. from Boston...Read MORE... 
1840 - WANTED
At the Sturbridge Cotton Mills, 5 or 6 good Families, consisting of Weavers, Spinners, and Carding Room help, who are of strictly temperance habits, f...Read MORE...- 1845 - STURBRIDGE. [Pop. 2,005. Inc 1738.]
The first settlers of Sturbridge were chiefly from Medfield, in Norfolk county, and the settlement at first was called New Medfield.
The Qu...Read MORE... - 1848 - Sturbridge
The land of this town was originally granted, in 1729, to several petitioners of Medfield, and many of the first settlers were from that town. and hen...Read MORE... - 1854 - Sturbridge
Sturbridge, a post-village in Worcester co., Massachusetts, 00 miles W. S. W. from Boston, contains several churches. Population of township, 2119.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - 1864 - An Aged Man
The Boston Transcript publishes a sketch of Deacon John Philips of Sturbridge, Mass., who is now in his one hundred and fourth year. This venerable ma...Read MORE... 
Unitarian Church. Sturbridge, Mass., 1864
Postcard- Sturbridge Massachusetts, 1890
Sturbridge is a thriving agricultural and manufacturing town of about 1,980 inhabitants, situated in the southwestern part of Worcester County, 60 mil...Read MORE... 
Arbutus Park, No. 2, Sturbridge, Mass.
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The Common
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Red Gables Inn
Postcard- 1892 - Suicide Instead of a Wedding
WORCESTER, Mass., October 19 - H. M. Asselin of West Warren, a young Frenchman, was found dead in the road in Sturbridge late Monday afternoon. He had...Read MORE... - 1895 - Sturbridge
Stur'bridge, a post-village and township of Worcester co., Mass., on the Quinebaug River, about 30 miles E. of Springfield, and 20 miles S.W. of Worce...Read MORE... 
The Common
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The Library, Sturbridge, Mass.
Postcard- 1905 - Must Await Funeral
William Willard of Sturbridge, Mass., who painted the portraits of several of Massachusetts' Governors, was a collector of colonial furniture. He had ...Read MORE... 
Main Street
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Group of Public Buildings
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Sturbridge, a post-village and township (town) of Worcester co., Mass., on the Quinebaug River, about 30 miles E. of Springfield. The town has manufac...Read MORE... - 1908 - HOLY JUMPERS GET FARMS. Farmer Gives Away Entire Holding to Religious Sect.
Worcester, Mass., Feb. 4. - Charles H. Huntington, a prominent farmer in Sturbridge, living about two miles east of the village, became a convert of t...Read MORE... 
The Elms Hotel, 1908
By the beginning of the 20th century, the Publick House was unfortunately a shadow of its former self. The inn was even transformed into a boarding house for women called “The Elms” for a brief time, although it nearly closed ... Read MORE...
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First Congregational Church
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Colonial Motel Inc., Route 20, Sturbridge, Mass., Tel. Dickens -- 7-3883
One of the most modern and beautiful motels, with tile bath rooms and shower, and wall to wall carpets. Located 300 feet off U. S. Route 20 and 15, and 100 feet off Gate No. ... Read MORE...
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Town Hall
Postcard- 1946 - Old Sturbridge Village
The three sons of George Wells carry on the firm (American Optical Company), but they also start a new venture: they create Old Sturbridge Village, a ...Read MORE... 
Old Sturbridge Village
Salem Towne House
Sturbridge, Mass.
Old Sturbridge Village celebrates the people who lived in rural New England in the formative, first decades of our new nation – the United States of America. The Village provides an... Read MORE...
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Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA
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 - Publick House, Sturbridge, Mass., 1771
The Publick House Historic Inn was originally established on the eve of the American Revolution by Colonel Ebenezer Crafts...
When Crafts finally debuted his wonderful new inn during the 1770s, he decided to call it “Crafts Tavern.” But Crafts also referred to the structure as the “Publick House” in recognition of the inn’s mission to service the people of Sturbridge...
...the building hosted both the Marquis de Lafayette and his son, Georges Washington de Lafayette, when the two famously toured the nation during the 1820s.
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Colonel Ebenezer Crafts, who was the founder and keeper of the Publick House, personally raised and equipped the company. The Publick House, which dates back to 1771... revolutionarday.com)
Publick House, Sturbridge, Mass., 1771
The Publick House Historic Inn was originally established on the eve of the American Revolution by Colonel Ebenezer Crafts...
When Crafts finally debuted his wonderful new inn during the 1770s, he decided ... Read MORE...
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Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA
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 - Unitarian Church. Sturbridge, Mass., 1864)
Unitarian Church. Sturbridge, Mass., 1864
Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA
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 - Arbutus Park, No. 2, Sturbridge, Mass.)
Arbutus Park, No. 2, Sturbridge, Mass.
Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA
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 - The Common)
The Common
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 - Red Gables Inn)
Red Gables Inn
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 - The Common)
The Common
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 - The Library, Sturbridge, Mass.)
The Library, Sturbridge, Mass.
Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA
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 - Main Street)
Main Street
Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA
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 - Group of Public Buildings)
Group of Public Buildings
Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA
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 - The Elms Hotel, 1908
By the beginning of the 20th century, the Publick House was unfortunately a shadow of its former self. The inn was even transformed into a boarding house for women called “The Elms” for a brief time, although it nearly closed down due to its dilapidated state. historichotels.org)
The Elms Hotel, 1908
By the beginning of the 20th century, the Publick House was unfortunately a shadow of its former self. The inn was even transformed into a boarding house for women called “The Elms” for a brief time, although it nearly closed ... Read MORE...
Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA
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 - First Congregational Church)
First Congregational Church
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Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA
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 - Colonial Motel Inc., Route 20, Sturbridge, Mass., Tel. Dickens -- 7-3883
One of the most modern and beautiful motels, with tile bath rooms and shower, and wall to wall carpets. Located 300 feet off U. S. Route 20 and 15, and 100 feet off Gate No. 9, off Mass. Turnpike -- 1/2 mile from the Old Sturbridge Village. 58 Miles West of Boston, 35 Miles East of Hartford, 35 Miles East of Springfield. digitalcommonwealth.org)
Colonial Motel Inc., Route 20, Sturbridge, Mass., Tel. Dickens -- 7-3883
One of the most modern and beautiful motels, with tile bath rooms and shower, and wall to wall carpets. Located 300 feet off U. S. Route 20 and 15, and 100 feet off Gate No. ... Read MORE...
Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA
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 - Town Hall)
Town Hall
Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA
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 - Old Sturbridge Village
Salem Towne House
Sturbridge, Mass.
Old Sturbridge Village celebrates the people who lived in rural New England in the formative, first decades of our new nation – the United States of America. The Village provides an authentic, first-hand look at the often challenging and rapidly changing textures and rhythms of New England life in what were transformative years – 1790 to 1840...
Industrialist Albert B. Wells of Southbridge, Massachusetts, became interested in the beauty of hand-wrought utilitarian objects in the early 1900s on annual tours of Europe with his father-in-law, the noted Chicago architect Daniel Hudson Burnham...
A.B. Wells later wrote a friend, “when the collecting bug bit me, it bit me hard.” His collecting became a consuming passion. Within a few years he had filled his large mansion at 176 Main Street in Southbridge (designed by Daniel Burnham) and two additional barns. A.B. and his wife were forced to move to another home. In 1935 Wells formed the Wells Historical Museum, a not-for-profit trust to ensure the preservation of his collection. As A.B.’s son George Burnham Wells observed, the collection was “too big and too numerous to be simply one man’s hobby.” Eventually, A.B. Wells and his brothers purchased the Quinebaug Farm, setting in motion the creation of Old Sturbridge Village as we know it today... osv.org)
Old Sturbridge Village
Salem Towne House
Sturbridge, Mass.
Old Sturbridge Village celebrates the people who lived in rural New England in the formative, first decades of our new nation – the United States of America. The Village provides an... Read MORE...
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1729 - Sturbridge is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1738 - Sturbridge is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1839 - Sturbridge
Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Worcester county. This is a very pleasant town, and is well watered by Quinebaug river. It lies 60 miles W.S.W. from... Read MORE...
1840 - WANTED
At the Sturbridge Cotton Mills, 5 or 6 good Families, consisting of Weavers, Spinners, and Carding Room help, who are of strictly temperance habits,... Read MORE...
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1845 - STURBRIDGE. [Pop. 2,005. Inc 1738.]
The first settlers of Sturbridge were chiefly from Medfield, in Norfolk county, and the settlement at first was called New Medfield.
The... Read MORE...
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1848 - Sturbridge
The land of this town was originally granted, in 1729, to several petitioners of Medfield, and many of the first settlers were from that town. and... Read MORE...
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1854 - Sturbridge
Sturbridge, a post-village in Worcester co., Massachusetts, 00 miles W. S. W. from Boston, contains several churches. Population of township, 2119.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1864 - An Aged Man
The Boston Transcript publishes a sketch of Deacon John Philips of Sturbridge, Mass., who is now in his one hundred and fourth year. This venerable... Read MORE...
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Sturbridge Massachusetts, 1890
Sturbridge is a thriving agricultural and manufacturing town of about 1,980 inhabitants, situated in the southwestern part of Worcester County, 60... Read MORE...
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1892 - Suicide Instead of a Wedding
WORCESTER, Mass., October 19 - H. M. Asselin of West Warren, a young Frenchman, was found dead in the road in Sturbridge late Monday afternoon. He... Read MORE...
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1895 - Sturbridge
Stur'bridge, a post-village and township of Worcester co., Mass., on the Quinebaug River, about 30 miles E. of Springfield, and 20 miles S.W. of... Read MORE...
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1905 - Must Await Funeral
William Willard of Sturbridge, Mass., who painted the portraits of several of Massachusetts' Governors, was a collector of colonial furniture. He had ... Read MORE...
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1906
Sturbridge, a post-village and township (town) of Worcester co., Mass., on the Quinebaug River, about 30 miles E. of Springfield. The town has... Read MORE...
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1908 - HOLY JUMPERS GET FARMS. Farmer Gives Away Entire Holding to Religious Sect.
Worcester, Mass., Feb. 4. - Charles H. Huntington, a prominent farmer in Sturbridge, living about two miles east of the village, became a convert of... Read MORE...
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1946 - Old Sturbridge Village
The three sons of George Wells carry on the firm (American Optical Company), but they also start a new venture: they create Old Sturbridge Village, a ... Read MORE...
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