Holliston, MA
Holliston was incorporated in 1724, carved from the western lands of Sherborn, and developed as a small but industrious inland Massachusetts town. Its early economy was shaped by agriculture, small mills along its brooks, and the skilled trades that supported rural New England life. By the nineteenth century, Holliston became known for its boot and shoe manufacturing, joining many MetroWest towns that quietly fueled Massachusetts’ growing industrial strength.
Recent Posts
“Great Sickness of 1754” – Holliston
In the center of Holliston, near the historic First Parish church, lies the Central Burying Ground, a quiet cemetery that preserves the early history of the town and the people who first settled there. Holliston was originally part of neighboring towns before becoming its own community in 1724. Like many New England towns of that […]
1830 Sign – Holliston
Long before wagon trains crossed the plains and Salt Lake City rose, before Brigham Young became a national religious figure, there was a blacksmith’s shop in this Massachusetts town. The 1830s in New England were years of revival, reform and religious searching. This was the era of the Second Great Awakening, when revival meetings, itinerant […]
