Northfield’s Historical Monuments, Markers and Plaques

Asahel
Son of Joseph Burt
Companion of Dickinson, and sharer
Of his fate
Aged about 40

Main Street
Across from Greenfield Co-op Bank
In front of Trinitarian Church
Plaque:
Here July 23, 1748
Aaron Belding
Was killed and scalped
By the Indian

Main Street
Near Northfield Post Office & Glen Rd
Rounded wheel shape stone:
Site of Squakheag’s first grist mill Northfield
Built in 1885

Main Street South of Grist Mill monument
Rock monument:
On this lot a fort was built in 1686.
Rebuilt in 1722

Main Street
Inside the library
Bronze memorial tablet:
Nathaniel Dickinson built a house in 1728 near
this spot which was soon changed into a fort
for protection against the Indians.  He was killed
and scalped by the Indians April 15, 1747, aged 48

Main and Maple Street Intersection
Council Rock (No longer there)

Main Street
North side of Town Hall
Belcher Memorial Fountain

Main Street
South side of Town Hall
Plaque on stone:
Northfield Main Street
Designated a
National Register
Historic District
July 8, 1982
By the
U.S. Department of the Interior
National Park Service

Main Street
Near Mobil Station
Rectangular stone monument:
Here, enclosed by a stockade
The first settlement of this town
Was made in 1673.
Nine rods west, a fort
Was built in 1685,
Rebuilt in 1722.

Main Street
Across from Rt. 63 and Rt. 10 intersection
Round stone monument:
Here under a large oak
Standing until 1869
The first public services
In this town were held
In 1673.

Rt. 10
Cross Connecticut River
1^st right, then next right
King Philip’s Hill
A trail can be walked and the remains of
a stump of a lookout tree, together
with defense trenches can be found.

Rt. 63
1.4 miles south of Rt. 10 & 63 intersection
Capt. Richard Beers monument
Rectangular stone:
Capt. Richard Beers
And his men
Were surprised by
Indians
Sept. 4, 1675

South Mountain Road
In front of the Linden Hill School
Gravestone of Capt. Richard Beers
Rectangular stone:
The grave of
Capt. Richard Beers
Killed near this
Spot by Indians
Sept. 4, 1676.

Rt. 63
South of the Capt. Beers monument
Sign reads:
Indian Council Fires
3 large Indian council fires
Beers Massacre of 9-4-1675
Took place in a gorge
¼ mile to the northeast