Historical Marker

Cushman, S. F. Memorial Fountain

Monson · Hampden County

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The Story

A contributing property in the Monson Center Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. This compact, linear district along a one-block stretch of Main Street formed the commercial and institutional heart of Monson from the Federal period onward, with most of its resources dating to the town's prosperous heyday of about 1865 to 1915. Predominantly two-story wood-frame commercial and residential buildings are punctuated by dominant public structures, Memorial Hall and the Universalist Church, built of locally quarried Monson granite. The center's growth followed a shift in the town's civic focus driven by its nineteenth-century granite, straw-goods and textile industries, and it reflects that surge in prosperity as well as the later transition toward a modern suburb.

About this site

Cushman, S. F. Memorial Fountain is a historical marker in Monson, Hampden County. It is one of 129 historical markers documented in Hampden County, among 3,815 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.

The site sits at 42.0973, -72.3130 near Monson. The nearest cataloged historic site is Monson Cannon (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Noble - Bergeron House, Monson Civil War Cannon, and Memorial Town Hall.

This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The Cushman, S. F. Memorial Fountain is a historic public fountain in Monson, Hampden County. It dates to 1886. It is a contributing feature of a National Register historic district.

📍 42.0973, -72.3130 · Monson, Hampden County
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