Georgia Colonial 1700’s
I love the connection to Colonial America that is still evident on my daily walks around Natick. Here is another example of a Georgian Colonial that dates back to the 1700s. The land was originally purchased from the Praying Indian community of Natick in 1730.
South Natick itself was one of the earliest Praying Towns, founded by missionary John Eliot in the 1650s as part of her effort to create self-governing Christian Native communities. The layers of history in this village include: Native, Colonial, and Early American life and all are still alive as I walk these streets.
One of the enduring homes sits at 3 Eliot Street. This house was built in 1759 and has witnessed the evolution of South Natick, from its days as a small Native settlement to a village. One home embodies 300 years of local history and a great example how walking through Natick is a stroll through American history.
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Natick: The First Praying Indian Town
In 1651, missionary Rev. John Eliot established Natick as the first of the “Praying Indian” towns in Massachusetts. He named the town after the Natick American word Natick, translated as a place of hills or a place of searching. He worked closely with local Massachusett and Nipmic people, teaching them Christianity in their native tongue and translating the Bible […]
Horatio Alger’s Gravesite
This gravesite marks the Alger family plot in Glenwood Cemetery in Natick, the final resting place of Horatio Alger, Jr, one of the most read American authors of the late 19th century. Alger was born in 1832 and grew up in Natick, where his father, Rev. Horatio Alger Sr. served as pastor of the First Congregational […]
Shaw Park
Shaw Park, located in South Natick, is not a grand park in the monumental sense. Yet, it is a space with a profound sense of intention as captured in the words that accompanied its gift to the town of Natick: “For the use of the Public Forever” These words were written by Isabella Hunnewell Shaw. […]
