This Month in Natick History

May 2, 1960:  Sherwood Plaza shopping center opens.

May 3, 1810:  Edward Walcott, businessman and abolitionist, born.

May 5, 1977:  Bacon School demolished.

May 6, 1841:  Library Society begins in South Natick. This group would become the basis for the Bacon Free Library.

May 7, 1985:  Town Meeting approves move of Natick District Court to former Lincoln School.

May 16, 2003:  The Center for the Arts in Natick opens at Summer Street Firehouse.

May 20, 1690:  Rev. John Eliot dies in Roxbury.

May 29, 1875:  Cannons at Civil War monument on Common dedicated.

May 29, 1892:  Cornerstone laid at St. Patrick's Parish. 

May 30, 1855:  Walter Morse and William L. Hanchett, for $1,200, gave the town much of the land that would become the town's Common.  Another parcel of land would come from the Kimball Farm.

May 30, 1922:  World War I squares dedicated.

May 31, 1670:  Indians petition the Massachusetts General Court for their cattle brand.