US-MA

IUCN3.1

Stephen Metcalf Jr., who lived at the intersection of Summer & Washington St. throughout the mid-19th century

Sir Arthur Basil Markham

Zamia melanorrhachis

Arthur Markham holding his baby daughter, Joyous, in 1903

EDT

Member of Parliament for Mansfield

(de facto name circa 1850)

D.W.Stev.

Metcalf, Holliston, Massachusetts

Sir Arthur Basil Markham, 1st Baronet (25 August 1866 – 5 August 1916) was a British industrialist and politician.

Zamia

Metcalf

Sir Arthur Markham, 1st Baronet

Z. melanorrhachis

Named for landowner

Zamia melanorrhachis is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is native to Colombia and Peru. It is known commonly as corocito.This plant grows in fragmented transitional forest habitat.

Metcalf (rarely, Metcalfs) is an unincorporated village and former railway stop located in the town of Holliston in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The village does not have its own post office, and was formerly a stop for the Boston and Albany Railroad. Today it is characterized its historic pump house and several historic structures abutting the crossroads of Washington St. and Summer St.. Historically the village also had a schoolhouse and several small farms, but remains a residential community today with some light industry, and the local Fatima Shrine.
The Metcalf Pump House, constructed c.1870, decommissioned 1899

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Metcalf (rarely, Metcalfs) is an unincorporated village and former railway stop located in the town of Holliston in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The village does not have its own post office, and was formerly a stop for the Boston and Albany Railroad. Today it is characterized its historic pump house and several historic structures abutting the crossroads of Washington St. and Summer St..