About Dedham, Mass

NewBridge on the Charles is located in the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts, the seat of Norfolk County and the birthplace of four United States presidents. Attractions include the Dedham Historical Society (which has preserved area artifacts and collectibles from the past 150 years) the Fairbanks House (believed to be the oldest surviving timber frame house in North America, circa 1637-1641) and the Endicott Estate (a 19th century mansion).

Numerous restaurants, shops, pharmacies, food stores and entertainment venues add to the convenience of life in Dedham and the surrounding area, including:

Nearby Recreation

• Legacy Place
  www.legacyplace.com/
• Dedham Health and Athletic Complex 
  www.dedhamhealth.com/
• Dedham Community Theatre
  www.dedhamcommunitytheatre.com/
• Franklin Park Golf Course
  www.sterlinggolf.com/
• Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center
  www.lsjcc.org/
• Lost Brook Golf Club Newton Squash & Tennis Club
• www.lostbrookgolfclub.com/
  newtonsquash.org
• Wilson Mountain Reservatiow
  www.mass.info/dedham.ma/parks/wilson_mountain_reservation 
• Blue Hills Ski Area
  www.thenewbluehills.com/

Historic Sites

• Adams National Historical Park
  www.nps.gov/Adam
• Arnold Arboretum
  http://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/
• Dedham Historical Society
  http://www.dedhamhistorical.org/
• Endicott Estate
  http://www.endicottestate.com/
• Longfellow National Historic Site
  www.nps.gov/long
• Walden Pond
  http://www.walden.org/

Museums

• Blue Hills Trailside Museum
  massaudubon.org
• Davis Museum and Cultural Center
  http://www.wellesley.edu/
• DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park
  http://www.decordova.org/
• F. Holland Day Historic House Museum
  http://www.norwoodhistoricalsociety.org/day.html
• John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
  http://www.nps.gov/
• Museum of Fine Arts
  http://www.mfa.org/
• Museum of Transportation
  http://www.larzanderson.org/

Nearby Colleges & Universities

• Babson College
  http://www.babson.edu/
• Bentley College
  http://www.bentley.edu/
• Boston College
  http://www.bc.edu/ 
• Boston University
  http://www.bu.edu/
• Brandeis University
  http://www.brandeis.edu/
• Harvard University
  http://www.harvard.edu/
• Hebrew University
  http://www.hebrew.edu/ 
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  http://web.mit.edu/
• Northeastern University
  http://www.northeastern.edu/
• Tufts University
  http://www.tufts.edu/
• University of Massachusetts
  http://www.umass.edu/
• Wellesley College
  http://www.wellesley.edu/

Airports

• Logan International-Boston
  www.massport.com/logan-airport
• T.F. Green Airport-Warwick, RI
  http://www.pvdairport.com/