Centre Square

Location #16

As you head along North Third Street toward Centre Square, you begin to get the sense that Benjamin Franklin or Abraham Lincoln may have walked the same path.

Intersection of Northampton and Third Sts

About Centre Square

The 75-foot tall Soldiers and Sailors Monument (from 1900) towers in front of you, or perhaps, you see the “Tallest Peace Candle” in the world, first erected in 1951. Centre Square was home to the Easton Farmers’ Market, the oldest continuous open-air farmer’s market in the country, for more than 250 years. Also at Centre Square you will find the attraction that’s beloved by children far and wide – the Crayola Experience

a statue of a man holding a trumpet and a flag
Centre Square Easton at night with the monument at right and view of a church steeple at left

Special thanks to Richard F. Hope, historian, who contributed a wealth of information for this walking tour.

Written by Kelly Prentice • Photos by Laini Abraham