History of Gardner, Massachusetts, USA

Journey back in time to Gardner, Massachusetts, USA

• 1764 - Gardner is settled
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
• 1785 - Gardner is incorporated
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
• 1845 - GARDNER. [Pop. 1,260. Inc. 1785.]
  Gardner was made up of four corners cut from the neighboring towns of Westminster, Templeton, Winchendon and Ashburnham.
  
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• 1848 - Gardner
  This town was taken from Westminster, Templeton, Winchendon, and Ashburnham, a corner from each. It was incorporated and made a distinct town in 1785,...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Gardner
  Gardner, a post-township in Worcester co., Mass., on the Vermont and Mass. railroad, 50 miles W. N. W. from Boston. Pop., 1533.
  A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
  
  
• 1859
  GARDNER, a township in Worcester, co., in the state of Massachusetts, U.S., 58 m. NNW of Boston. Pop. 1,260.
  A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
  
  
•  1862 - Anti-Slavery Meeting
  GARDNER, MASS. - An Anti-Slavery Meeting will be held in Gardner and South Gardner, on Sunday, Jun 9th, to commence at half-past, 10 o'clock, A. M. Fr...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  The Windsor House. Gardner, Mass.
  
  "The Windsor House was located on the corner of Green and Pearl Streets. This 100-room hotel was said to be the finest establishment of its kind outside of Boston when it was built in 1882-83. The building burned ... Read MORE...
  
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• Gardner Massachusetts, 1890
  Gardner is a brisk and enterprising town in the northerly part of Worcester County, 65 miles from Boston, and 25 miles from Worcester, by the Fitchbur...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Central Street
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•  1893 - Train Wreck
  GARDNER, Mass., Feb. 23. - A train on the Central Massachusetts Railroad, eastbound, left the track a mile east of Jeffersonville this morning. Two mi...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Gardner
  Gardner, a post-village of Worcester co., Mass., in Gardner township, on the Fitchburg Railroad where it crosses the Vermont & Massachusetts division,...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  The New Pet of the Household
  The Most Perfect Oil Stove Made
  
  Automatic Blue Flame Cooker
  Central Oil and gas Stove Company
  210 School St., Gardner, Mass.
  
  The Ladies' Home Journal
  April 1898
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  Elm Street Fire Station, Gardner, Mass.
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  Greenwood Memorial Bath House and Pool, Gardner, Mass.
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  Birds Eye View of Gardner, Mass.
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  West Gardner Square
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  Old Boat House
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  Central Street from West Gardner Square, 1905
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  Heywood Factory
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  Henry Heywood Memorial Hospital
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  West Gardner Sq. & Parker St. - Memorial Day, 1907
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  Vernon Street
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  Heywood Bros & Wakefield Co. Factory and Office Building, Central Street looking W., 1908
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  Congregational Church
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  Elm Street, looking South
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  High School
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  Post Office
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  Riverview Factory
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  Frank Smith Silver Ware Shop, 1910
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  Town Hall and Syndicate Building
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  Union Station and Chair
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  Woodland Avenue
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• 1916
  Gardner, a banking post- village of Worcester co., Mass., in Gardner township (town), on the Fitohburg R., 15 miles W. of Fitchburg. It has manufactur...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Parker Street
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  The Gardner Savings Bank, 1920
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  West Gardner Square
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• 1923 - Gardner is incorporated as a city
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
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  The Colonial Hotel
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  Johnny's Motor Sales
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