Wenham

Historical marker location:

225 Main Street, Wenham, Massachusetts

( Marker is on Main Street (Alternate State Highway 1), on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1930

1630 - 1930.

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).