History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts - citizen hylbom blog

"Within thirty years the two villages, the
and west, formerly nearly a mile apart, have grown
together, so that they present the aspect of a town
of considerable size.
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Near the depot is the new to^Tn-hall, a costly
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rither than rural ; and the shoe-shops being located
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IK itli b\ \fton, on the east and
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\\ t 1 \ St « The population
mls7)\Ms 1,96.5. The Marl-
borough Bnnch Railroad, in
connection \nth the Fitchburg
Riilroid furnishes the travel-
ling and fiLislit facilities, and
there is a ])iospect of further
nilroad accommodation by the
extension of the Middlesex Central Railroad, from
Concord Junction to Maynard. Tlie distance from
MAYNARD.
and commodious building.
The general appearance of the town is suburban
ui all parts, the inhabitants are largely relieved
ti 1111 the undesirable features of a manufacturing
\ lace. The population has a considerable \no-
[)jrtion of Irish and Canadian French, who, as
mdividuals, harmonize as a rule with the native
citizens to a far greater extent than would be in-
ferred from their combined action during periods
of ecnnomical agitation. They have two churches,
St. Mary's in the west village, and the Church of
the Immaculate Conception in the centre of the
town.
The first burying-ground lies northeast of the
Union Church. The oldest legible tombstone is
dited 1675 ; its inscription is as follows : —
Captain Edward Hutcuinsox
Aged 62 years
Was shot by Treaclierous ludians
August 2Hd 1G75
dyed August 1075.
Here also is the tomb of ^Ir. Brimsmead, wholly
effaced ; and that of Mr. Breck, which is in a good
state of preservation. The second burying-place is
immediately in the rear of the high school ; besides
these there are The Brigham, The Easterly, The
Morse (sometimes called The Farm), The Weeks,
The Chipman, The Robin Hill, and The Pleasant
Street cemeteries.
L B A L c o M .
Boston by the county road is twenty-one miles ; by
railroad, twenty-seven miles. There are two hotels
in the village, four dry-goods and grocery stores
(one of them a co-operative store), three dry -goods
stores, several millinery and dress-making stores,
two butchering establishments, a Masonic Lodge, a
Good Templars' Lodge, and a post of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
Maynard is a small, new town, having been in-
corporated April 19, 1871, and named in honor of
Amory Maynard, Esq., formerly of Marlborough,
through whose untiring energy and sagacity the
industries of the town have been developed. Of