Historical Marker

Taylor, Rev. E. Marker

Westfield · Hampden County

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The Story

Taylor, Rev. E. Marker is a historic marker located at 18 Broad St in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Built in 1759. It is a contributing property in a National Register historic district. A contributing property in the Westfield Center Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

About this site

Taylor, Rev. E. Marker is a historical marker in Westfield, 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 42.1198, -72.7477 near Westfield. The nearest cataloged historic site is Taylor, Elizabeth Marker (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Westfield First Congregational Church, Westfield Town Hall, and Westfield Academy Marker.

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

History

This marker in Westfield commemorates the Reverend Edward Taylor (c. 1642-1729), the town's first settled minister and physician, now recognized as one of the foremost poets of colonial New England. The marker is recorded as dating to 1759, some decades after his death. It is a contributing property in a National Register historic district.

📍 42.1198, -72.7477 · Westfield, Hampden County
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