Editing Acton, Massachusetts (section)

==Points of interest==
* Jones Tavern. The main part of the [[tavern]], originally home to the Jones family of South Acton, was built in 1732 as a house for Samuel Jones, Jr. By 1750 it had become a tavern and [[general store]]. It is speculated to be the first store in Acton and holds the distinction of being the town's longest established business, merging into James Tuttle's store in 1845 and operating under various names until 1950.
* The Faulkner House and Mills.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ironworkfarm.org/jonestavern.htm |title=Jones Tavern |publisher=Ironworkfarm.org |access-date=November 24, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820071028/http://www.ironworkfarm.org/jonestavern.htm |archive-date=August 20, 2008 }}</ref> The house was built for Ephraim Jones (1679–1710), founder in 1702 of an early [[textile]] business and other mills that formed the nucleus of the present town of Acton. Ammi Ruhamah Faulkner rented the mills in 1738 and then purchased them in 1742. Six generations of Faulkners lived in the house over a 202-year period. The largest and most central house of this settlement, it served as the local garrison house for protection from Indian raids made along the Massachusetts frontier during [[Queen Anne's War]] of 1702–1713. The Faulkner homestead served as a [[garrison]] for South Acton Militia during the Revolutionary War.
* Town Center: The civic center of town is marked by the Acton Monument which is the final resting place of Captain Isaac Davis, James Hayward and Abner Hosmer. The stone on which Captain Davis mortally fell is situated between the west side of the monument and Main Street. The main entrance to the Town Hall, around the rear of the building, contains Isaac Davis's plow which was used by Daniel Chester French for the statue he cast for North Bridge.