Wayland Town Crier 2/22/14: First Parish in Wayland celebrates 200 years. In 1814, the citizens of the settlement that became Wayland raised a timber frame at the corner of Rtes. 20, 27 and 126. Local residents had purchased an acre of land and engaged Andrews Palmer of Newburyport to serve as designer and builder for a new church. Palmer used a design by Asher Benjamin, one of the most historically significant architects of early New England. Happily, Palmer fitted her bell tower with a bell cast by Revere and Sons.
First Parish in Wayland celebrates 200 years
