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Around 4000 BC, Native people in this area made tools from red felsite rock. From 1669 to 1771, the Allen, Capron, and Mann families owned the property, and the Mann family burial ground still remains nearby. In 1772, Stephan Draper built a homestead and farmed fifty acres of the land, where his descendants continued to live for 150 years. In 1859, his son Gamaliel B. Draper, after making a fortune in the gold rush of the West, built a new home on the original site and became a gentleman farmer. He was elected to the first board of selectmen of the new town of North Attleboro in 1887. In 1996, Draper Farm became the home of Showcase Cinema Theaters.
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North Attleborough Town, Massachusetts · United States
