Baxter Park

Baxter Park is a park in Town of Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Baxter Park is situated nearby to United Church of Christ, as well as near the park Meeting House Pond.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dwight–Derby House and First Parish Unitarian Church.

Dwight–Derby House

Museum

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The Dwight–Derby House is at 7 Frairy Street in Medfield, Massachusetts. The Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory took samples of the house frame in 2007 and determined that the earliest, southwest portion of the house was built in 1697, and an addition was built to the east in 1713. Dwight–Derby House is situated 780 feet north of Baxter Park.

First Parish Unitarian Church

Place of worship

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The First Parish Unitarian Church, now the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Medfield, is a historic church on North Street in Medfield, Massachusetts. First Parish Unitarian Church is situated 870 feet northeast of Baxter Park.

First Baptist Church of Medfield

Church

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The First Baptist Church of Medfield is a historic Baptist church building at 438 Main Street in Medfield, Massachusetts, United States. The church building, the second for the congregation, was constructed in 1838, and originally had Greek Revival styling. First Baptist Church of Medfield is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Baxter Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Medfield and Millis.

Medfield

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Medfield is a town of 13,000 people in Massachusetts. Medfield was first settled by Anglo-Americans in 1649 after the land was taken from the Neponset Native Americans.

Millis

Town

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Franklin is a city of 37,000 in Massachusetts. Bellingham is a town with a population of 17,000. Birthplace of noted author William Taylor Adams, also known as Oliver Optic. Millis is situated 3 miles southwest of Baxter Park.

Walpole

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Walpole is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Walpole Town, as the Census refers to it, is located approximately 18 miles south of downtown Boston, Massachusetts, and 30 miles north of Providence, Rhode Island.

Baxter Park

Type: Park
Categories: recreation area and historic site
Location: Town of Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.18531° or 42° 11′ 7″ north

Longitude

-71.30808° or 71° 18′ 29″ west

Operator

Town of Medfield Parks and Recreation Department

Open location code

87JC5MPR+4Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29861643

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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