Monica Dickens Stratton

Historical marker location:

Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

( Marker is on Scenic Highway (U.S. 6), on the right when traveling north.)

Founder of the Samaritans, USA. 1915-1992.

The Great Boston Fire of 1872 was one of the most destructive fires in American history. It destroyed 65 acres of downtown Boston, including 776 buildings and caused $73.5 million in damage (equivalent to over $1.5 billion today).