Gillon Block, Milford

Name: Gillon Block
Address: Milford, United States

#3 among attractions in Milford

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Gillon Block is an historic commercial building at 189 Main Street in Milford, Massachusetts. The four story brick building was built in 1888 by Patrick Gillon, the owner of a bottle manufacturing company. It has a complex facade, divided into seven sections, with a central projecting section topped by a tower with a coppered onion dome. Matching sections at the center sections of the three on either side are articulated by piers and topped by gabled parapets. The building houses stores on the first floor and offices on the upper floors. ()

Built: 1888 (136 years ago)Coordinates: 42°8'26"N, 71°31'15"W

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Gillon Block – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Southwick's Zoo, Stanley Woolen Mill, Mendon Twin Drive-In, Milford Town Hall.

6.2 miSW
Over 100 species in naturalistic setting
Southwick's Zoo, Mendon
158 min walk • Southwick's Zoo is a 300-acre, privately owned and operated, zoological park located in Mendon, Massachusetts, United States. It was opened in 1963, and remains family-operated to date.
6.6 miSW
Park
Stanley Woolen Mill, Uxbridge
168 min walk • Stanley Woolen Mill is the common historic name applied to a defunct company based in southeastern Massachusetts and to the company's buildings which stand at the southern entrance to the Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park. The mill is an important footnote in the history of the textile industry in America.
2.4 miSW
Concerts and shows, Cinema, Theater
Mendon Twin Drive-In, Mendon
61 min walk • The Mendon Twin Drive-In is a drive-in theater in Mendon, Massachusetts. Opened on June 14, 1954, it is currently owned by Dan Andelman and his brothers Dave Andelman and Michael, who purchased the drive-in in March 2014 from Susan Swanson and Kathy Gorman, who had operated it since 1986.
~1350 ftNE
City hall
Milford Town Hall, Milford
7 min walk • Milford Town Hall is the historic town hall at 52 Main Street in Milford, Massachusetts. The two story wood frame building was completed in 1854; in addition to its role in housing town offices for over a century, it is a distinctive local example of Italianate architecture...
~650 ftNE
History museum, Museum, Romanesque architecture
Memorial Hall, Milford
4 min walk • Memorial Hall is an historic hall located at 30 School Street in Milford, Massachusetts. It was built as a Civil War tribute. Designed by Milford architect Frederick Swasey in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, the hall was built in 1884 from local Milford granite and Longmeadow brownstone.
4.9 miSW
Dam
West Hill Dam, Uxbridge
126 min walk • West Hill Dam Reserve is a United States Army Corps of Engineers flood control project with a recreational park and wildlife management area located at Uxbridge, Massachusetts. The West Hill Dam Project was completed in 1960.
6.2 miSW
Historical place
Cormier Woods, Uxbridge
159 min walk • Cormier Woods is a 175-acre open space preserve and historic 18th-century farm complex in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA, within the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor.
6.2 miSW
42°5'37"N • 71°37'26"W
Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park, Uxbridge
158 min walk • Historical place, State park, Park
4.3 miSE
Town
Bellingham
109 min walk • Bellingham is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 16,945 at the 2020 census. The town sits on the southwestern fringe of Metropolitan Boston, along the rapidly growing "outer belt" that is Route 495.
5.5 miE
Town
Medway
141 min walk • Medway is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The town had a population of 13,115 at the 2020 census.
6.3 miNE
42°12'1"N • 71°25'45"W
Holliston Public Library, Holliston
160 min walk • Library