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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Main_Street_HistoricMain Street Historic District (Roxbury, New York) - Wikipedia

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   Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Roxbury in Delaware County, New York. The district contains 86 contributing buildings, three contributing sites, three contributing structures, and one contributing object.

2. www.roxburyhistoricalsociety.org › about-roxburyAbout Roxbury

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   Roxbury’s location and high hills made the town strategically important during the Siege of Boston, in 1775-1776. After the battles of Lexington and Concord, the colonists chased the British back to Boston and then encircled Boston from Cambridge to Roxbury. The British were trapped in Boston for almost a year.

3. www.baystatebanner.com › 2018/06/15 › a-briefA brief history of the founding and development of Roxbury

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   Jun 15, 2018 · Founded in 1630, Roxbury was once a suburban village famous for its rich soil, flowers and fruit trees. One of the only towns in the English Colonies not named after an English town, Roxbury was named for its puddingstone — a conglomerate of sedimentary rock that reminded the colonists of pudding.

4. www.baystatebanner.com › 2014/02/19 › roxburysRoxbury’s boundaries buried in town history – The Bay State ...

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   Feb 19, 2014 · The historical Roxbury included Mission Hill, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale and West Roxbury. It was separated from Dorchester by a brook which now runs in a culvert between Columbia Road and Blue Hill Avenue, and originally terminated in the South Bay near the Shirley Eustice House on Shirley Street.

5. roxburyculturaldistrict.com › mapsHistory of Roxbury - Roxbury Cultural District

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   Roxbury was a key position during the Revolutionary War (Fort Hill, Boston Neck and all early land traffic to Boston), home to abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison after the Civil War, and the urban expansion of Boston (annexed in 1868).

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7. www.boboandchichi.com › things-to-do-in-roxbury-ny15 Enchanting Things to Do in Roxbury NY (Weekend Getaway Guide)

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   Jun 12, 2024 · The Main Street Historic District of the town of Roxbury, NY is a charming stretch of road lined with colorful storefronts and beautiful Catskill mountain views. You’ll also find quite a few sites on the National Register of Historic Places, like the First Old School Baptist Church of Roxbury which dates back all the way to the 1850s!

8. www.roxburyny.com › historyHistory — Roxbury, NY

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   Just behind the Jay Gould Memorial Church on Roxbury’s Main Street lies a stretch of green space gracing both sides of the East branch of the Delaware River. Known as Kirkside Park, this 14-acre treasure is rich in natural beauty and history which Roxbury proudly enjoys today.

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   Why is Roxbury's Main Street a historic place?

   • Roxbury’s Main Street was listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places in 1986 after the state department of transportation threated to widen Main Street in the 1970s and concerned citizens rallied to protect the hamlet’s integrity. Helen Gould Shepard (1868-1938), daughter of railroad magnate Jay Gould, loved Roxbury.

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   Why was Roxbury important during the Siege of Boston?

   • Roxbury’s location and high hills made the town strategically important during the Siege of Boston, in 1775-1776. After the battles of Lexington and Concord, the colonists chased the British back to Boston and then encircled Boston from Cambridge to Roxbury. The British were trapped in Boston for almost a year.

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   Was Roxbury a good place to live in the 1800s?

   • For the well-off Roxbury was a fashionable place to live in the early 1800’s. Some of the homes of these wealthy residents still stand today—the Edward Everett Hale House on Morley Street, the Alvah Kittredge Mansion on Linwood St. the Spooner-Lambert House on Bartlett Street, Rockledge on Highland Street, and Ionic Hall on Roxbury Street.

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   When did Roxbury become a hamlet-wide historic district?

   • The successful listing of the Main Street Historic District led to a hamlet-wide historic designation in 2003. The original district begins at Roxbury Central School, a Tudor-style structure built in 1939.

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   Why did the colonists build Roxbury High Fort?

   • After the battles of Lexington and Concord, the colonists chased the British back to Boston and then encircled Boston from Cambridge to Roxbury. The British were trapped in Boston for almost a year. The colonists constructed Roxbury High Fort in Roxbury Highlands in 1775 to guard the land route to Boston.

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   Why was Roxbury important in the 1600s?

   • Three miles south, the only land route to the capital led through Roxbury, which made the town important for both transportation and trade. Roxbury in the 1600s also held many of the resources settlers prized: Potentially arable land, timber, Stony Brook—a source of both water and water power—and stone for building.

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