East Dedham

East Dedham is a hamlet in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. East Dedham is situated nearby to the hamlet Oakdale, as well as near the neighborhood Stonybrook Village.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fairbanks House and St. Mary’s Church.

Fairbanks House

Museum

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The Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts is a historic house built around 1641, making it the oldest surviving timber-frame house in North America that has been verified by dendrochronology testing.

St. Mary’s Church

Church

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St. Mary of the Assumption Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in Dedham, Massachusetts, in the Archdiocese of Boston. The first church was constructed in Dedham Centre in 1857 and it was formally established as a parish in 1866.

Brookdale Cemetery

Cemetery

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Brookdale Cemetery is an historic cemetery in Dedham, Massachusetts, United States. More than 28,000 people are buried there. Mother Brook runs behind it.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Readville and Hyde Park.

Readville

Neighborhood

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Readville is part of the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston. Readville's ZIP Code is 02136. It was called Dedham Low Plains from 1655 until it was renamed after James Read, the owner of the Dedham Manufacturing Company along Mother Brook, in 1847.

Hyde Park

Suburb

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Hyde Park is the southernmost neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Situated 7.9 miles south of downtown Boston, it is home to a diverse range of people, housing types and social groups. Hyde Park is situated 1½ miles east of East Dedham.

West Roxbury

Suburb

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West Roxbury is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, bordered by Roslindale and Jamaica Plain to the northeast, the village of Chestnut Hill and the town of Brookline to the north, the city of Newton to the northwest, the towns of Dedham and Needham to the southwest, and Hyde Park to the southeast. West Roxbury is situated 2 miles north of East Dedham.

East Dedham

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.24768° or 42° 14′ 52″ north

Longitude

-71.15435° or 71° 9′ 16″ west

Elevation

85 feet (26 metres)

Open location code

87JC6RXW+37

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158823933

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4935367

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