West Brookfield MA

The Members of "Browse the Brookfields" located in the town of West Brookfield

Nighttime Magic on "The Historic Common"

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People often say to me that driving thru West Brookfield is like entering a special pocket of air, a vortex if you will - that is unlike even the other towns surrounding it. The Brookfields infuse a quality of life into you that we realize must never be lost.

- resident and business owner in town

The Old Train Depot is now a Museum

An amazing

place to hike

ROCK HOUSE

Reservation

We invite you to come share in the country air of West Brookfield!

relax, and hike our treasured Rock House reservation.

Shop at the gift & antique stores,

Dine at the famous Salem Cross Inn

See the many country gifts and surprises at

the purple onion, Post & Boot to The Haymakers gift shops.

Explore and meditate in our gardens and learn about your Aura at The Holistic Center.

Find rare books at The Book Bear

From Treasured Past to Future Growth!

Come Browse West Brookfield

History Fact:

West Brookfield was first settled in 1664 and was officially incorporated in 1848, splitting off from Brookfield

Lucy Stone was born in West Brookfield, a prominent American suffragist. She was the wife of abolitionist Henry Brown Blackwell (1825-1909) (the brother of Elizabeth Blackwell) and the mother of Alice Stone Blackwell, another prominent suffragette, journalist and human rights defender. Stone was best known for being the first recorded American woman to keep her own last name upon marriage and being the first woman in Massachusetts to receive a college degree.

Noah Webster also published his dictionary in West brookfield.

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