Acton's Historical Markers, Memorials, and Monuments

This evolving list of markers and monuments in the town of Acton is presented here for general interest purposes.  A number of people have contributed their ideas and research to these pages.  Thank you to everyone who has contributed.   Please contact us if you have additional information relating to markers in town. 

Click on each item for information and pictures.

• Acton Center Watering Trough
  
• Acton Minutemen's Line of March, Granite Markers
• Acton Minutemen's Line of March, Wooden Markers
• Acton Minutemen's Line of March, West Acton
• Acton Town Hall, 1990 Restoration Plaques
• Allen, Nathaniel Memorial Stone (Medal of Honor Recipient)
• Allen, Nathaniel Veteran's Grave Marker (Medal of Honor Recipient)
• Barker, Francis Memorial Stone
• Blanchard, Luther & Calvin Memorial Stone
• Brown, Joseph (Captain) Memorial Stone
• Cannon on Town Common
• Civil War Memorials
• Clark, John W. Memorial Marker
• Cowdrey, Harris, Memorial Watering Trough
• Davis, Isaac Birthplace, Stone Marker
• Davis, Isaac Home Site, Stone Marker
• Davis, Isaac Monument
• Davis, Isaac Tombstone
• Davis, Isaac Stone (from Concord)
• Edwards, Sidney J., Sign
• Faulkner Homestead, Historic Marker
• GAR (Grand Army of the Republic), Memorial Stone
• GAR Veterans Clark & Lawrence Memorial Marker
• Hayward, James Tombstone
• Hayward, James Home Site
• Heald, John Home Site
• Hosmer, Abner Home Site
• Hosmer, Abner Tombstone
• Hosmer, Deacon Jonathan Farm Site
• Hosmer-Knowlton Home Site, Memorial Stone
• Hunt, Captain Simon Home Site
• Kinsley, James Edward Plaque
• Korean War, Memorial Bench
• Lake, Norman D. Bridge, Marker
• Lawrence, James Memorial Marker
• Liberty Tree Site, Sign
• Library, Acton Memorial, Building and Plaques
• Mead, George Varnum and Effie (Wright), Stone and Plaque
• Meeting House Hill
• Meeting House Stone
• Nashoba Brook Educational Kiosk
• Mount Hope Chapel
• Nylander, Robert Memorial Stone
• O'Connell, William L., Plaque
• Quimby, Howard, Plaque
• Revolutionary War Memorials
• Revolutionary War Veterans Buried in Acton (SAR Marked Graves)
• Robbins, Joseph (Captain) Home Site, Memorial Stone
• Rosenzweig, Philip, Memorial Plaque
• Sagoff, Charlotte, Memorial Bench and Garden
• September 11, 2001 Memorial
• South Acton Watering Trough (1896)
• South Acton Watering Trough (1913)
• Spanish American War Memorial
• Sweeney, Madeline Amy, Memorial Plaque
• Swift, John Tombstone
• Town Common Boundary Marker
• Veterans Memorial
• Vietnam War, Memorial Bench
• Watering Troughs
• West Acton Watering Trough
• Wetherbee, Harriet Pickard, Woodlawn Cemetery Gate
• Wheeler, Captain Thomas Home Site, Sign
• Woodlawn Chapel
• World War I Markers & Monuments
• World War I Memorial
• World War II Memorial Bench
• World War II Honor Roll, Wooden Sign