French’s Common

French’s Common is a park in City of Braintree Town, Norfolk, Massachusetts. French’s Common is situated nearby to Braintree Townhall, as well as near Thayer Public Library.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Thayer Public Library and Thayer Academy.

Thayer Public Library

Library

Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.

The Thayer Public Library is a public library located in the town of Braintree, Massachusetts with 102,000 books, 200 periodical subscriptions, and 8,000 videos, DVDs, music CDs, and audiobooks. The library is a member of the Old Colony Library Network. Thayer Public Library is situated 560 feet east of French’s Common.

Thayer Academy

School

Thayer Academy is a private, co-educational, college-preparatory day school located in Braintree, Massachusetts, United States. The academy, conceived in 1871 at the bequest of General Sylvanus Thayer, known as the father of the United States Military Academy at West Point, and founder of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, was established in 1877. Thayer Academy is situated 700 feet north of French’s Common.

Sunset Lake

Lake

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sunset Lake is water body located in Norfolk County in Eastern Massachusetts, United States, in the south side of the town of Braintree.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Braintree and Braintree Split.

Braintree

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Braintree is a town of 37,000 people on the South Shore in Southeastern Massachusetts. It is located along several major thoroughfares, making it convenient to Boston.

Braintree Split

Locality

The Braintree Split is the major interchange of Interstate 93, U.S. Route 1, and Route 3 in Braintree, Massachusetts, one of the South Shore suburbs of Boston. Braintree Split is situated 1½ miles northwest of French’s Common.

Quincy

Photo: Sswonk, Public domain.

Quincy is in Massachusetts. Quincy was the birthplace of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. United States Declaration of Independence signer and first Massachusetts governor John Hancock was also born here.

French’s Common

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: City of Braintree Town, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.20559° or 42° 12′ 20″ north

Longitude

-71.00635° or 71° 0′ 23″ west

Open location code

87JC6X4V+6F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29818293

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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