Well, I'm spending another day in Weston, it seems, my two mile walk taking me just past Weston's border into Wayland, where I find a cluster of businesses on US-20, one of which is the Wayland Variety & Deli store, where I stop for the day.
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| Dumpling Daughter to Wayland Variety & Deli |
While Weston is now mainly an upscale suburb of Boston, once it was a farming community. Weston was established in 1630 along with Waltham and Wayland, settled by farmers in 1673 and incorporated as a separate town in 1713. In the 18th century, Westonians were involved in the Revolutionary War--mostly as Patriots. By the 1800s, Weston began doing some manufacturing. Below is a description of one of the largest factories found there, the Hook & Hastings Company, which made organs.
"1889: Hook & Hastings Co moves from Roxbury to Weston. The company, which built some of the country’s greatest church and concert hall organs, is by far the largest of the town’s 19th century mills and industries. Weston native Francis Henry Hastings builds the three-story wooden factory, 280 feet long, on his family farmland at North Avenue and Viles Street. The organ factory is the town’s largest employer from 1889 to its closing in 1935."
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| Hook & Hastings |
Also in that century, wealthy Bostonians began building large estates in Weston, over time turning it into the "bedroom" community for Boston that it is today. This history (with pictures) can be read on the Town of Weston's website, under
Weston Timelines.
Well, I've finished my two hours practice and two more miles, taking me to the Wayland Variety and Deli, a place where you can get some good subs and other treats--according to
Google Maps, at any rate.
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| Wayland Variety & Deli |
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| Inside Wayland V&D |
