What is Leominsters real Main Street?
BY LINDSAY SAUVAGEAU EDITOR@LEOMINSTERCHAMP.COM When a city or town has two main streets there is bound to be some confusion, especially if the street destinations don’t match the names. R. Sherwin Drury, an active member of the Leominster Historical Commission been compiling the history of Leominster’s Main Street and North Main Street ever since he has been with the commission. The fact that Main Street runs from the center of Leominster into North Leominster, and North Main Street leads out of the city into Fitchburg has haunted the historian and Leominster resident. Drury has compiled a history of how each street came to be using information provided in street maps dating as far back as 1794, David Wilder’s book “The History of Leominster,” data from in “Roads and Streets” by Emma C. Moore and notes from the city, “I’ve been confused a lot throughout the years, trying to figure out which is which,” said Bob Saudelli, a member of the Leominster Historical Commission. “It’s confusing
