Pike-Haven Homestead

Pike-Haven Homestead is a Massachusetts historical marker in Framingham, Middlesex County, dedicated 1930.

Grove and Belknap Streets, Framingham · location approximate

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Built in 1693 by Jeremiah Pike. He and his descendants were town and militia officers, yeomen and makers of spinning wheels, in the colonial period. This house has been occupied by the same family for eight generations.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

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1677 · A map of New England (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1687 · Amplissimae regionis Mississipi seu Provinciae Ludovicianae â R.P. Ludovico Hennepin… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1777 · Carte des environs de Boston, capitale de la Nlle. Angleterre en Amerique (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1832 · Map of Framingham (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)

A map of New England, 1677, covering the location of Pike-Haven Homestead, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — A map of New England, 1677, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

Pike-Haven Homestead

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