Henry Wilson Memorial Park
The memorial, dedicated in 1901, honors Henry Wilson, who came to Natick as a young man, learned to make shoes, and eventually became U.S. Senator and U.S. Vice President. The site includes a “10-footer,” a shed for making shoes once common in the area; shoe-making equipment from the period; and a bell from the original Henry Wilson School. In 2001, as part of Natick’s 350th anniversary celebrations, the 10-footer was extensively renovated.
Rules of the Park
- Clean up after your pets
- Leash your dogs
- No alcohol, fires or golfing
Natick Books & More
- U.S. Army Natick Laboratories
- Natick Dictionary: A New England Indian Lexicon
- More Easy Walks in Massachusetts
- Natick (Images of America)
- Dispossession by Degrees: Indian Land and Identity in Natick, Massachusetts, 1650-1790
- Nonantum and Natick
- History of the town of Natick, Mass. : from the days of the apostolic Eliot, MDCL, to the present time, MDCCCXXX