The '''Beaman Oak''' was the largest white oak tree in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It stood in the front yard of a colonial era three-story house in the town of Lancaster. It was so named because Gamaliel Beaman had originally settled the spot in 1659. The oak became known as a prominent landmark in Central Massachusetts and is featured prominently on the town seal of West Boylston.
In 1970, the Beaman Oak's circumference at its base was {{convert|31|ft|abbr=on}}, with a circumference {{convert|5|ft|abbr=on}} above the base of {{convert|31|ft|abbr=on}}, and its height was {{convert|75|ft|abbr=on}} and spread was {{convert|75|ft|abbr=on}}.
The oak's trunk was partially hollow towards the end of its life. After a storm severely damaged it, the tree was cut down in 1989.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ci.lancaster.ma.us/Pages/LancasterMA_CommDev/PLAN_HISTORIC_PRES_ELEMENT_VI.pdf |title= Lancaster, Massachusetts Historic Preservation Plan |accessdate=2010-11-01 |date= 2007| url-status=dead |publisher= Town of Lancaster, Massachusetts| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927032352/http://www.ci.lancaster.ma.us/Pages/LancasterMA_CommDev/PLAN_HISTORIC_PRES_ELEMENT_VI.pdf |archivedate=2011-09-27 }}</ref>
==See also== * List of individual trees
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