Eunice Williams

Historical marker location:

Greenfield, Massachusetts

( Marker is on Eunice Williams Drive, ½ mile Leyden Road, on the left 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).