Chris Sinacola - Sutton

Children run a footrace down Singletary Avenue on May 16, 1904, the second day of the three-day celebration held to mark Suttons 200th anniversary. May 16, dubbed Education Day, included an education program in the Sutton Town Hall, followed by lunch, school reunions, and footraces under the direction of Frederick M. Barton, principal of the Wilkinsonville School. Milton M. Shermans barn and the Brick Block are visible on the right. (Photograph courtesy of the Sutton Historical Commission.)

This early double-decker carriage served as the perfect vehicle for church and school outings, family gatherings, or a holiday excursion. While the location and occasion are unknown, the straw hats, smiles, and fine clothes displayed by this group of Sutton residents c. 1900 hint at a holiday picnic, perhaps for the Fourth of July. (Photograph courtesy of the Sutton Historical Society.)

A wagon from Damien Ducharme of Millbury makes a delivery at the Houghton family home on Buttonwood Avenue in Wilkinsonville. Millbury was a part of Sutton until 1813, and the towns have shared close family and business ties throughout their histories. Ducharme kept a store in Millbury Center, selling meat, fish, and other provisions. (Photograph courtesy of the Sutton Historical Society, Gertrude Dudley Chase collection.)

Mary Clarke Metcalf (18161902) is shown c. 1900 at her home in the Torreyville section of Sutton. This village, located in the southwest corner of Sutton, was the site of several industries on the Mumford River. (Photograph courtesy of the Sutton Historical Society.)

A truck from E.A. Rivers Trucking of Pascoag, Rhode Island, loads wood at the Shaw sawmill on the Shaw farm c. 1925. Salem J. Shaw purchased the property, located on the eastern side of Putnam Hill Road and west of Bond Hollow, in 1896, and it has remained in the Shaw family ever since. Originally settled by the Elliot family, the farm is today one of the largest tracts of open space remaining in town. (Photograph courtesy of Linda S. Sinacola.)

In 1938, Charles H. Gravelin prepared the site seen here for a new home on land purchased from Charles W. Putnam. Gravelin and his wife, Martha, raised three daughters. The view looks down Boston Road just east of Sutton Center toward Wilkinsonville and East Sutton. (Photograph courtesy of James and Nancy Brigham.)

Members of the Putnam family are gathered at the home of Peter H. and Augusta Putnam in 1920. The house was built in 1737 by Edward Putnam, who moved to Sutton from Danvers in that year, and was home to his descendants for more than 200 years. Augusta Putnam is seated by the tree to the left. (Photograph courtesy of Pauline P. Shaw.)

The Worcester Telegram reported that more than 3,000 people attended the dedication ceremony for the General Rufus Putnam Memorial in 1904. The procession, consisting of more than 500 carriages, along with bicyclists, motorists, and countless pedestrians, traveled more than a mile from the Sutton Town Hall to Freeland Hill. (Photograph courtesy of the Sutton Historical Commission.)