Huguenot Settlement

Historical marker location:

Oxford, Massachusetts

( Marker is at the intersection of Massachusetts Route 12 and Huguenot Road, on the left when traveling south on State Route 12.)

Marker installed: 1930

1630 - 1930.

The Boston Molasses Disaster occurred in 1919 when a large tank of molasses burst and flooded the streets of Boston's North End, killing 21 people and injuring 150.