Other Buildings
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Benjamin Stanley Freeman House
This "Victorian concoction" began as a simple 2 and a half story house built by Benjamin Freeman (1788 to 1875).
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Boro Drive In Theater
The very first drive-in movie theater opened in New Jersey on June 6, 1933.
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Bristol Lodge Masonic Building
Paul Revere chartered the Bristol Lodge which opened in Norton, Massachusetts on June 26, 1797.
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Brook Manor Restaurant
For more than five decades, at a time when people still "dressed for dinner," the Brook Manor Restaurant was synonymous with fine dining.
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Chronicle Building
The first issue of what was then called the Attleborough Evening Chronicle was published on February 3, 1871.
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Edwin L. Evans House
Located at 212 Commonwealth Avenue, this Queen Anne Style house was built for Edwin L. Evans in 1895.
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Frederic H. Sturdy House
The exact date of construction remains unknown, but it has been narrowed down to "sometime between 1871 and 1883."
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Hixon Hotel
The Hotel Hixon opened its 63 rooms to the public in April 1928. From the start, there was no rush to occupy those rooms.
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Jack Witchi's Sports Arena
During the "Big Band" era of the late 1930's and early 1940's, Witchi's played host to such headliners as Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway. Country singers such as Hank Williams and Johnny Cash also played there during the 1950's.
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John F. Sturdy House
The exact building date of the home is uncertain, but it appears on an 1858 map identified as the residence of John F. Sturdy.
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Jolly Cholly's Funland
Times and taste change. Business at Jolly Cholly's kept falling off during the 1970's. Finally in 1979 Jolly Cholly's Funland closed for good.
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Josiah D. Richards House
This three-story Victorian Italianate mansion has sixteen rooms with three full baths.
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Mackreth Memorial Building
During 1914 a new North Attleborough police station was built on Mason Avenue at a cost of $6,000.
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National Bank Building
This is the building that gave Bank Street its name.
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North Attleborough National Fish Hatchery
The North Attleborough hatchery originally provided largemouth bass for stocking all over New England.
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North Attleborough Post Office
North Attleborough's Post Office is listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places as a contributing element to the North Attleborough Town Center Historic District.
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Powder House
This unique structure was erected circa 1768 and was used for "keeping the town stock of ammunition."
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Willard Robinson House
By 1826 Obed's son, Willard H. Robinson, pioneered the manufacture of gilt buttons in a nearby factory in Attleborough Falls.
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Woodcock Garrison House
The first settler in what was then known as the Attleborough Territory was John Woodcock, who had a farm of three hundred acres on the Ten Mile River.