Militia Lot

Militia Lot is a park in Town of Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts. Militia Lot is situated nearby to the memorial William T. G. Morton Monument, as well as near the historic building Rider Tavern.

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Type: Park
Description: historic site in Charlton, Massachusetts
Also known as: “Northside Militia Training Field”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rider Tavern and William T. G. Morton Monument.

Rider Tavern

Historic building

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The Rider Tavern is an historic tavern on Stafford Street in the Northside Village Historic District of Charlton, Massachusetts. The tavern, now a large three story wood-frame building, was built in 1797, and was for many years an important stop on the stagecoach road.

William T. G. Morton Monument

Memorial

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William T. G. Morton Monument is a memorial.

Northside Village Historic District

Historic site

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The Northside Village Historic District encompasses a rural village center on Stafford Road in northern Charlton, Massachusetts. Located at the junction of Stafford Road with Northside and Cemetery Roads is a small cluster of residential buildings, developed beginning in 1735 around a small tanning business, and later as a stagecoach stop. Northside Village Historic District is situated 660 feet northwest of Militia Lot.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Charlton and Oxford.

Charlton

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Charlton is a small town in Central Massachusetts located outside of Worcester. Charlton is primarily a bedroom community, though there are a number of businesses in the center of town and especially along the Route 20 corridor.

Oxford

Town

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Webster is a small town of about 16,000 in the South County region of Central Massachusetts along the Connecticut border. It was founded in 1832 by Samuel Slater, one of the initiators of the United States Industrial Revolution. Oxford is situated 6 miles southeast of Militia Lot.

Spencer

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Spencer is a small town in the Worcester Hills of Central Massachusetts near Worcester. As a rural community, there is not much in the way of nightlife but there are many opportunities for outdoor exploration and recreation.

Militia Lot

Categories: historic site, recreation area, and military installation
Location: Town of Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.16406° or 42° 9′ 51″ north

Longitude

-71.95312° or 71° 57′ 11″ west

Open location code

87JC527W+JQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 888197922

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=military

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

Wikidata ID

Q130707659

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Highlights include District No. 2 Schoolhouse and Fay Mountain Farm.

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