John Harvard's Land
1630 - 1930
In 1638 this tract of about one hundred and twenty acres was granted by the town of Charlestown to its Teaching Elder John Harvard. He died the same year, aged thirty-one, leaving half his property to the College which was then named after him.
Marker is at the intersection of Washington Street and Forest Street, on the right when traveling north on Washington Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
