The Rockery, also known as the Memorial Cairn, is an unusual war memorial designed by the noted American landscaper Frederick Law Olmsted. It is located at the center of North Easton Center in Easton, Massachusetts, where it forms the focal point for two adjacent H. H. Richardson buildings with their own Olmsted landscapes.

Since 1986, at the Rockery and Oakes Ames Memorial Hall in North Easton, Massachusetts, Easton townfolks celebrate the holiday season with the annual Easton Holiday Festival coordinated by the Easton Lions Club and supported by …

Apr 26, 2013 · The Rockery or cairn was to be a "granite out-cropping" to help balance the view of Oakes Ames Memorial Hall as visitors approached from Main Street.

Dec 29, 2024 · Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, The Rockery was created in 1882 as a memorial for North Easton's citizens lost in the Civil War. Part of the H.H. Richardson Historic District of North Easton. A National Historic Landmark.

The Rockery Easton, Massachusetts Contributing member of the North Easton Historic District. TEXT Beneath Illustrations

The H. H. Richardson Historic District of North Easton is a National Historic Landmark District in the village of North Easton in Easton, Massachusetts. It consists of five buildings designed by noted 19th-century architect Henry Hobson Richardson, and The Rockery, a war memorial designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.

The Easton’s Human Rights Committee is pleased to be bringing Pride 2024 to Easton! Please join us for some family-friendly fun and a celebration of our LGBTQ+ community — their social …

Sep 8, 2021 · North Easton, Mass., features old-fashioned shops and businesses, big old homes, appealing tree-lined side streets and majestic churches that date back to another era. North Easton's beautiful historic village-like look can largely be traced to .famed architect H.H. Richardson and landscaper Frederick Law Olmsted.

The Rockery is a memorial cairn created by "The Father of American Landscape Architecture', Frederick Law Olmsted. Olmsted preferred the cairn to masonry or sculpture as he envisaged the symbolic growth of plants over the rockery of battle; its crest is made up of 47 stones - one for each of the Easton men killed during the Civil War.

Oct 14, 2022 · 11. The Rockery (Memorial Cairn) Source: Daderot / Wikimedia | CC-BY-SA-3.0 The Rockery. Forming an ensemble with the Oakes Ames Memorial Hall and the Ames Free Library in North Easton Center is a striking war monument, created in the early 1880s by Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903).