Community Corner
Twenty-fifth Week, Sunday's "Medfield Historical Minute"
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis.
A Medfield Historical Minute...
This "Medfield Historical Minute" is brought to you by town historian Richard DeSorgher.
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis. A different "Medfield Historical Minute" will appear each day during the Crisis.
"In 1806 a bridge connecting Medfield and Millis over the Charles River, at our present-day Route 109, was built. Main Street at the time actually ended at Bridge Street, with the road continuing along Bridge Street and over the Charles River into what is today Millis’ Dover Road. The new bridge was built to accommodate the Boston and Hartford Turnpike, connecting Dedham with Hartford, Connecticut via stagecoaches. A toll gate was placed on Main Street at Bridge Street and those wishing to take the quicker way over the new Turnpike Bridge were required to pay a toll. The toll lasted for 20 years before the turnpike corporation went out of business and the new road and bridge became a town road."
