Gardner, Industrial heritage city in Worcester County, Massachusetts
Located at an elevation of 324 meters, Gardner extends across 23 square miles of varied terrain with residential neighborhoods and commercial districts.
Founded in 1764 and incorporated in 1785, Gardner grew into a manufacturing center with twenty chair factories producing four million chairs annually by 1910.
The Gardner Heritage State Park preserves the industrial legacy through exhibitions of furniture manufacturing tools, techniques, and historical photographs from local factories.
The Montachusett Regional Transit Authority provides regular bus services throughout Gardner, connecting residential areas with shopping centers and medical facilities.
The city celebrates its furniture heritage with the Annual Chair Luge festival, where teams compete by racing down streets in modified wheeled chairs.
Location: Worcester County
Inception: 1764
Elevation above the sea: 324 m
Website: http://gardner-ma.gov
GPS coordinates: 42.57500,-71.99861
Latest update: May 27, 2025 07:09
Mount Wachusett
13.3 km
North County
9.3 km
Wachusett Mountain State Reservation
13.3 km
Dunn State Park
2.4 km
Lake Dennison Recreation Area
8.7 km
Templeton Developmental Center
10.2 km
Gardner Heritage State Park
437 m
Heywood-Wakefield Company Complex
656 m
Ashburnham Center Historic District
10 km
Hubbardston Public Library
11.2 km
Westminster Village-Academy Hill Historic District
8 km
Old Centre Historic District
10.2 km
Gardner Uptown Historic District
1.2 km
Hubbardston Town Common Historic District
11.1 km
Gardner News Building
294 m
Baldwinville Village Historic District
7.3 km
West Gardner Square Historic District
275 m
Ahijah Wood House
10.4 km
First Minister's House
1.3 km
Phillipston Center Historic District
11.7 km
Templeton Common Historic District
6.1 km
Ezra Wood-Levi Warner Place
10.5 km
Rev. Samuel Gay House
10.8 km
Winchendon Village Historic District
12.6 km
Jabez Partridge Homestead
2.9 km
Birch Hill Dam
11.9 km
Levi Heywood Memorial Library Building
443 m
Nathan Wood House
10.4 kmReviews
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