Considered a clear example of the City Beautiful or Garden City planning of that period, the area features Georgian Revival red brick structures and simple native landscaping of oak, maple, black walnut and elm. A total of 103 contributing properties have been placed on the National Register of Historic Districts (1991).  The District includes: Vicksburg Square (1929-1940) a quadrangle composed of four brick barracks named for the 18th Infantry Regiment; and officer and enlisted men’s housing on Elm, Walnut, Grant, Auman, and Bates Roads.

Corner of Buena Vista Street and Sherman Avenue. It is currently Learning Express, a toy company.

Buried here are soldiers and their families from six of America’s wars. Thirty graves have been transferred from the original Camp Devens cemetery; 97 graves have been transferred from several fort cemeteries in Boston Harbor. The cemetery also contains the graves of the many men as well as children who were victims of the influenza epidemic of 1917-1919, when 14,000 were stricken. The cemetery also contains 22 German and Italian WWII prisoners of war who died in captivity. Every October, the Italian and German Consuls attend a memorial for their countrymen. Local lore has it that a Lady in Black haunts the cemetery at night – a forlorn woman whose loved one never returned from service.

Although still part of the former Fort Devens, the airfield was dedicated in memory of WO1 Douglas F. Moore in May 1977. Moore, killed in 1969, served as a helicopter pilot involved in combat supporting Republic of Vietnam troops in the area west of Dak To, Kontum Province.        

The oldest monument on the post, it was constructed of stones brought from all over the country by the Army’s loved ones. Dedicated “To those citizens of the United States who at the call of humanity laid aside their vocations to become soldiers of the Grand Army of Liberty.” Many servicemen and women celebrated their weddings by being photographed in front of this memorial. During WWII several of the nurses who had become the first women military personnel were given permission to be married in white and out of uniform: a unique concession.   

The gate was named for Major General William J. Verbeck, the Commander of Fort Devens (1959-1963) who fostered friendly relations between the surrounding towns and Fort Devens. Through this “main” gate, hundreds of thousands of New England men and women entered into the United States Army.

This memorial commemorates Major Simon Willard’s Nonacoicus Farm. The southern boundary of the farm forms the border between the Towns of Ayer and Harvard. The farm was part of a grant of 500 acres in 1657 from the Massachusetts General Court for past military service and in settlement of a debt owed him by a Native American trader. Willard was the chief officer of “Willard’s Dragoons” of the Militia of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the first organized military force in central Massachusetts. This cavalry played a vital part in settling and defending the towns of Concord, Lancaster and Groton. Willard’s home (1671) was just north of Robbins Pond and was destroyed in 1676 by Indians while he was away. The plaque was erected by the Willard Family Association to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Willard family’s arrival in America.

Used as parade grounds. Thousands of military men and women began or finished their military careers at Devens and paraded on Rogers Field.

The portion of Devens land just north of Route 2 sits upon a major aquifer. The Mirror Lakes are a large kettle hole where the underground aquifer is visible at the surface. A recreation area, the larger of the two lakes is used for swimming and fishing in season.

Robbins Pond is a shallow pond with a steep embankment on its southern side. Nearer the road is a walking path that swings around the pond to the Robbins Pond Road parking area. Between the pond and Barnum Road is a hollow rock-like structure called the “pill box” that was used for military exercises; the hollowed out area is large enough for a man to hide in.