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Monuments List



Acton Minutemen's Line of March, West Acton

West Acton, Edwards Square, Intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Arlington street



Acton Center Watering Trough

Main Street, across from Town Hall



Acton Minutemen's Line of March, Granite Markers

Along Isaac Davis Trail from Capt. Davis home site to the North Bridge in Concord.



Acton Minutemen's Line of March, Wooden Markers

Replaced by Granite Markers



Acton Town Hall, 1990 Restoration Plaques

Faulkner Room, Acton Town Hall, 472 Main Street


Nathaniel Allen memorial plaque

Allen, Nathaniel Memorial Stone

Nathaniel Allen Recreation Area, 25 Ledge Rock Way


Nathaniel Allen gravestone

Allen, Nathaniel, Grave Marker

Woodlawn Cemetery, Section 1A, Lot 33A



Barker, Francis Memorial Stone

Woodlawn Cemetery, Concord Road, Acton - Revolutionary Section B, Stone 454


Calvin and Luke Blanchard Stone

Blanchard, Luke & Calvin Memorial Stone

139 Prospect Street



Brown, Joseph (Capt.) Memorial Stone

Woodlawn Cemetery, Concord Road, Acton, Revolutionary Section B, Stone 449 (on left when entering cemetery through Wetherbee gate)



Cannon on Town Common

Acton Town Common, across from Town Hall, on either side of the Davis Monument



Cowdrey, Harris, Memorial Watering Trough

Acton Arboretum, 10 Taylor Road



Davis, Isaac Birthplace

285 Arlington Street, West Acton



Davis, Isaac Home Site (not the current house)

39 Hayward Road



Davis, Isaac Monument

Acton town common, opposite Town Hall on Main Street (Route 27)



Davis, Isaac Stone (from Concord)

Acton Town Green, at the foot of the Davis Monument, across from Town Hall (on the Main Street side of the Monument)



Davis, Isaac Tombstone

At the base of the Davis Monument on Acton Town Common, Main Street, on the side opposite the Town Hall



Edwards, Sidney J. Sign

Corner of Massachusetts Avenue (Route 111) and Central Street, West Acton, across Massachusetts Avenue from the Baptist Church



Faulkner Homestead, Historic Marker

5 High Street, South Acton


GAR Marker

GAR (Grand Army of the Republic), Memorial Stone

Section 2, Mount Hope Cemetery, West Acton



GAR Veterans Clark & Lawrence Memorial Marker

Side yard (not really visible from road) at 60 Prospect Street


Plaque, James Hayward home site

Hayward, James Home Site

331 Arlington Street


James Hayward Tombstone

Hayward, James Tombstone

Acton town common, at the base of the monument (southwest side)


Capt. John Heald 1930 marker

Heald, John Home Site

Location of Sign: Carlisle Road, just before the the Carlisle town line. (Exact location of original house or houses unclear.)



Hosmer, Abner Home Site

138 Prospect Street


Abner Hosmer Tombstone

Hosmer, Abner Tombstone

Acton town common, at the base of the monument (northeast, watering trough side)



Hosmer-Knowlton Home Site

Knowlton Drive, (east side, not far from intersection with Massachusetts Avenue, Route 111)



Hunt, Simon (Capt.) Home Site & Liberty Tree Site

Liberty Tree Farm, 24 Liberty Street, South Acton



Kinsley, James Edward Plaque

Intersection of Concord Road and Main Street (Route 27), across Concord Road from the Town Common



Lake, Norman D. Bridge Marker

Main Street (Route 27), South Acton, between intersections with School Street and High Street (over railroad tracks)



Library, Acton Memorial

486 Main Street



Meeting House Hill

Intersection of Main Street (Route 27) and Nagog Hill Road (510 Main Street in MACRIS)


Meeting House Stone plaque

Meeting House Stone

Top of Meeting House Hill, northeast corner of intersection of Main Street and Nagog Hill Road (510 Main Street)



Mount Hope Chapel

Mount Hope Cemetery, 158 Central Street, use western driveway of cemetery



Nashoba Brook Educational Kiosk

On the "Trail Through Time," Nashoba Brook Conservation Land, East side of Main Street, North Acton, yellow-marked trail, closest to the Davis Road access point.



Nylander, Robert Memorial Stone

Faulkner House, at top of driveway, 5 High Street, South Acton


William O'Connell plaque

O'Connell, William L. Plaque

Corner of Charter Road (now driveway to the main school campus) and Massachusetts Avenue



Quimby, Howard Plaque

Intersection of School Street and Main Street, across School Street from the Exchange Hall



Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors in Acton Cemeteries

Woodlawn and North Acton Cemeteries



Robbins, Joseph (Capt.) Home Site, Memorial Stone

Concord Road, approximately at #111, between the Morrison Farm and the Concord Road ball field.



Rosenzweig, Phillip, Memorial Plaque

371 Main Street, outside Public Safety Building



Sagoff, Charlotte Memorial Bench & Garden

To the left of the main (northwest side) entrance to Acton Memorial Library, 486 Main Street



September 11, 2001 Memorial

371 Main Street, outside Public Safety Building



South Acton Watering Trough (1896)

12 School Street, South Acton, next to Exchange Hall driveway



South Acton Watering Trough (1913)

Originally, Exchange Square, South Acton. Currently: Outside Recreation Department, 50 Audubon Drive, South Acton.



Spanish American War Memorial

Main Street (north side), Acton Center, between the Town Hall and Acton Memorial Library



Sweeney, Madeline Amy Memorial Plaque

371 Main Street, outside Public Safety Building



Swift, John Tombstone

Woodlawn Cemetery (Concord Road), on left after entering Wetherbee Gate



Town Common Boundary Marker

Between Acton's Memorial Library and the parking lot behind Town Hall



Veterans Memorial

Acton Town Common, at the fork of Concord Road



West Acton Watering Trough

Central Street, West Acton, in the triangle known as Sidney Edwards Square between Arlington Street and Massachusetts Avenue (Route 111)



Wetherbee, Harriet Pickard, Woodlawn Cemetery Gate

Concord Road, north side of street at approximately number 96



Wheeler, Thomas (Capt.) Home Site, Sign

Alcott Street, south side of street, .25 miles from intersection with Concord Road



Woodlawn Chapel

Concord Road, immediately north of Woodlawn Cemetery


World War 1 Memorial

Intersection of Main Street (Route 27) and Woodbury Lane, next to the Acton Town Hall


WWII, Korea, and Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Bench

World War II, Korea and Vietnam Memorial Bench

At the intersection of Concord Street and Main Street (Route 27) across Concord Street from the Town Common, west of the Fire Station

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