Draper Farm Historic Site
Circa 4000BC
Natives of this area made tools from red felsite rock.
1669-1771
The Allen, Capron and Mann families owned this property. The Mann family burial ground still remains close by.
1772
Stephan Draper built a homestead and farmed fifty acres of this land where its descendants continued to live for 150 years.
1859
His son Gamaliel B. Draper, having made a fortune in the gold rush of the west, built a new home on the original site and became a gentleman farmer. He was elected to the first board of selectmen of the new town of North Attleboro in 1887.
1996
The Draper Farm became the home of the Showcase Cinema Theaters.
Marker is on Draper Ave, on the left when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
