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With this 18th century common as its hub, the Framingham Centre Common Cultural District (FCCCD) offers a rich, distinctive blend of the old and the new, including historical architecture, arts, cultural, and educational institutions, businesses, and open space.
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The Framingham Centre Common has been a site of religious and civic institutions in Framingham since the early 18th century. It is the geographical center of town and Framingham’s meeting houses have been located here since 1735.
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- Centre Common
- Village Hall on The Common, 2 Oak Street
- Wheeler House, 18 Vernon Street
- Jonathan Maynard Building, 14 Vernon Street
- Old Academy Building, 16 Vernon Street
This Common was established around Framingham’s second meeting house, which was moved from present-day Buckminster Square in the 1730s. The Common is the geographical center of town which may be why Framingham’s meeting houses gravitated here over the years. The last of those gathering places, the Village Hall (1834) anchors the Common. The land ar...
The Village Hall is also on the National Register of Historic Places. It was constructed in 1834 and was the last meeting house on the Common. It originally housed town offices including a post office, two schoolrooms, Framingham’s first library, and town meeting government. In thrifty Yankee fashion, no space was wasted, and the town fire engine w...
Please note this is a private residence This is the Captain Eliphalet Wheeler House. Captain Wheeler returned from the War of 1812 ready to settle down and built this imposing Federal style home on two acres of land on the west side of the Common. The Wheeler family was prominent in Framingham. Brothers Benjamin, Abner and Eliphalet were proprietor...
Built as an elementary school in 1915, this building is named after an early prominent Framingham citizen. Jonathan Maynard (1752-1835) fought in the Revolutionary War, most notably at the Battle of Bunker Hill. After the war, he contributed many years of public service, acting as town clerk, justice of the peace, Framingham’s first postmaster, and...
The Old Academy replaced what was called the Brick School in 1837. The Brick School opened in 1792 as part of Ben Franklin’s Academy movement. This was based on the philosophy that America’s greatness as a new republic would depend on a liberal education available to its middle classes. In Daniel Bell’s painting, it is the yellow brick schoolhouse ...
- Framingham Centre Common. At this green space north and south of Route 9, you can take in a picture-perfect New England village green. Framingham Centre is the site of the town’s first meeting house, erected by Thomas Danforth (1623-1699) at the very center of his land.
- Garden in the Woods. There’s something unforgettable awaiting you in the north of Framingham, mid-April to mid-October. Couched in mature oak woodland is a 45-acre botanical garden, a mesmerizing showcase for plants native to New England.
- Cochituate State Park. In the northeast of Framingham, Lake Cochituate is in fact a chain of ponds that were first dammed in the mid-19th century to serve as a water supply for Boston.
- Danforth Art Museum. In a Colonial Revival former school building dating back to 1915, the Danforth Art Museum is part of Framingham State University, with a prominent spot on the Common.
The Framingham Centre Common Historic District encompasses the historic early center of Framingham, Massachusetts. It is centered on the old town common, which is west of Edgell Road, a short way north of the busy commercial corridor of Massachusetts Route 9.
A gathering place for people who care about Framingham’s past, present, and future. Our campus of three historic buildings anchors Framingham’s Centre Common. The exhibitions, programs, and collecting that take place here are central to the culture of our city.
