Historic Districts
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Massachusetts - Worcester County - Historic Districts
Worcester County Massachusetts (Historic Districts) has 50 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 21 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include 1767 Milestones, 1767 Milestones, 1767 Milestones, 1767 Milestones and 1767 Milestones.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Middle Archaic, Late Woodland and Early--Middle Woodland dating back to 6999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Worcester County historic places including Moses Taft, Jonathan Baldwin, Aldrich Bowker and Rufus Porter.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Worcester County places including Holmes Hutchinson, Edward N. Phelps, Edwin T. Chaping, Bail, H.U., and Sons, Hezekiah Conant, Frank Irving Cooper, Emerson Greenleaf, Dworman Building Company, John C. Hoadley and James E. Fuller. Prominent architectural styles found in Worcester Country are Greek Revival, Federal and Late Victorian.

1767 Milestones (added 1971 - - #71000084)
Between Boston and Springfield along Old Post Rd. , Springfield
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private, State
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
1767 Milestones (added 1971 - - #71000084)
Between Boston and Springfield along Old Post Rd. , Springfield
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private, State
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
1767 Milestones (added 1971 - - #71000084)
Between Boston and Springfield along Old Post Rd. , Springfield
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private, State
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
1767 Milestones (added 1971 - - #71000084)
Between Boston and Springfield along Old Post Rd. , Springfield
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private, State
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
1767 Milestones (added 1971 - - #71000084)
Between Boston and Springfield along Old Post Rd. , Springfield
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private, State
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
1767 Milestones (added 1971 - - #71000084)
Between Boston and Springfield along Old Post Rd. , Springfield
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private, State
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
1767 Milestones (added 1971 - - #71000084)
Between Boston and Springfield along Old Post Rd. , Springfield
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private, State
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
1767 Milestones (added 1971 - - #71000084)
Between Boston and Springfield along Old Post Rd. , Springfield
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private, State
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
1767 Milestones (added 1971 - - #71000084)
Between Boston and Springfield along Old Post Rd. , Springfield
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private, State
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
1767 Milestones (added 1971 - - #71000084)
Between Boston and Springfield along Old Post Rd. , Springfield
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private, State
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Academy Street Educational Historic District (added 2025 - - #100012289)
62, 82, and 98 Academy Street; 0 Elm Street; 0 Wallace Way, Fitchburg
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Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
American Optical Company Historic District (added 2023 - - #100008957)
Optical Dr., Mechanic, Case, Cabot, Charlton, Main, and Wells Sts., Southbridge
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Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Ashburnham Center Historic District (added 1999 - - #99000050)
Roughly along MA 12 and MA 101 in Ashburnham , Ashburnham
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Francis, H.M., Cooper, Frank Irving
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, Library, Religious Structure, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Current Sub-function:
City Hall, Library, Religious Structure, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Ayer Main Street Historic District (added 1989 - - #88000193)
Main St. roughly between Park and Columbia Sts. , Ayer
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Mid 19th Century Revival, Second Empire, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government
Bacon--Morse Historic District (added 1989 - - #89000602)
N. Woodstock Rd. at Tipton Rock Rd. , Southbridge
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Single Dwelling
Baldwinville Village Historic District (added 1986 - - #86000273)
Roughly Elm and S. Main Sts. between Pleasant St. and Mt. View , Templeton
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Fuller,James E.
Architectural Style:
Other, Queen Anne, Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Baldwin,Jonathan,et al.
Significant Year:
1935, 1734
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Health/Medicine, Community Planning And Development, Social History, Religion, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Manufacturing Facility, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Business, Park, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Barre Common District (added 1976 - - #76000298)
Bounded roughly by South, Exchange, Main, Pleasant, Broad, School and Grove Sts. , Barre
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple, Carter,Elias
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Romanesque, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, Financial Institution, Hotel, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Religion
Current Sub-function:
City Hall, Financial Institution, Hotel, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Beaver Street Historic District (added 1990 - - #89002377)
31--39 Beaver St. , Worcester
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
European, Community Planning And Development, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Bigelow Tavern Historic District (added 1992 - - #92000043)
60, 64 and 65 Worcester St. , West Boylston
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian, Federal
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Commerce, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Hotel, Processing, Restaurant, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Blackstone Canal Historic District (added 1995 - - #95001004)
Also known as See Also:Blackstone Canal
Address Restricted , Blackstone
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Phelps, Edward N., Hutchinson, Holmes
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Historic - Aboriginal, Commerce, Transportation, Industry, Engineering
Cultural Affiliation:
Euro-American
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
State, Private, Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Business, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Outdoor Recreation, Professional, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Blackstone Canal Historic District (added 1995 - - #95001004)
Also known as See Also:Blackstone Canal
Address Restricted , Grafton
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Phelps, Edward N., Hutchinson, Holmes
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Historic - Aboriginal, Commerce, Transportation, Industry, Engineering
Cultural Affiliation:
Euro-American
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
State, Private, Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Business, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Outdoor Recreation, Professional, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Blackstone Canal Historic District (added 1995 - - #95001004)
Also known as See Also:Blackstone Canal
Address Restricted , Sutton
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Phelps, Edward N., Hutchinson, Holmes
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Historic - Aboriginal, Commerce, Transportation, Industry, Engineering
Cultural Affiliation:
Euro-American
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
State, Private, Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Business, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Outdoor Recreation, Professional, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Blackstone Canal Historic District (added 1995 - - #95001004)
Also known as See Also:Blackstone Canal
Address Restricted , Worcester
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Phelps, Edward N., Hutchinson, Holmes
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Historic - Aboriginal, Commerce, Transportation, Industry, Engineering
Cultural Affiliation:
Euro-American
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
State, Private, Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Business, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Outdoor Recreation, Professional, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Blackstone Canal Historic District (added 1995 - - #95001004)
Also known as See Also:Blackstone Canal
Address Restricted , Millbury
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Phelps, Edward N., Hutchinson, Holmes
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Historic - Aboriginal, Commerce, Transportation, Industry, Engineering
Cultural Affiliation:
Euro-American
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
State, Private, Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Business, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Outdoor Recreation, Professional, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Blackstone Canal Historic District (added 1995 - - #95001004)
Also known as See Also:Blackstone Canal
Address Restricted , Northbridge
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Phelps, Edward N., Hutchinson, Holmes
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Historic - Aboriginal, Commerce, Transportation, Industry, Engineering
Cultural Affiliation:
Euro-American
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
State, Private, Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Business, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Outdoor Recreation, Professional, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Blackstone Canal Historic District (added 1995 - - #95001004)
Also known as See Also:Blackstone Canal
Address Restricted , Millville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Phelps, Edward N., Hutchinson, Holmes
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Historic - Aboriginal, Commerce, Transportation, Industry, Engineering
Cultural Affiliation:
Euro-American
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
State, Private, Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Business, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Outdoor Recreation, Professional, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Blackstone Canal Historic District (added 1995 - - #95001004)
Also known as See Also:Blackstone Canal
Address Restricted , Uxbridge
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Phelps, Edward N., Hutchinson, Holmes
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Historic - Aboriginal, Commerce, Transportation, Industry, Engineering
Cultural Affiliation:
Euro-American
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
State, Private, Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Business, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Outdoor Recreation, Professional, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Blackstone Manufacturing Company Historic District (added 1995 - - #95001038)
Also known as New City;High Rocks
Roughly, area surrounding Butler, Canal, Church, County, Ives, Main, Mendon, Old Mendon, and School Sts. , Blackstone
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Italianate, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Industry, Community Planning And Development, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture
Cultural Affiliation:
Euro-American
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Manufacturing Facility, Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker, Multiple Dwelling, Outdoor Recreation, Restaurant, Single Dwelling
Bolton Center Historic District (added 1997 - - #97001296)
Roughly along Main St., between Harvard Rd. and I-495 , Bolton
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Greenleaf, Emerson, Chaping, Edwin T.
Architectural Style:
Mid 19th Century Revival, Early Republic, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Education, Commerce, Politics/Government, Community Planning And Development, Religion, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Education, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Business, City Hall, Fire Station, Post Office
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Education, Government
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Business, City Hall, Correctional Facility, Library
Brookfield Common Historic District (added 1990 - - #90000161)
Roughly Howard, Sherman, Prouty, W. Main, Main, and Upper River Sts. , Brookfield
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Federal
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1900-1750 AD
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Social
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, Department Store, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Social
Current Sub-function:
City Hall, Department Store, Single Dwelling
Cambridge Grant Historic District (added 2001 - - #01000626)
Also known as Russell Hill
205-287 Russell Hill Rd., 15 Wilker Rd. , Ashburnham
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Federal, Other
Historic Person:
Bowker, Aldrich, Porter, Rufus
Significant Year:
1916, 1766
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture, Art, Exploration/Settlement, Performing Arts, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Manufacturing Facility, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Cedar Swamp Archeological District (added 1988 - - #88000587)
Address Restricted , Hopkinton
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Middle Archaic, Late Woodland, Early--Middle Woodland
Period of Significance:
5000-6999 BC, 3000-4999 BC, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Processing, Processing Site
Current Function:
Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Religion, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Unoccupied Land
Center Village District (added 1977 - - #77000198)
Also known as See Also:First Church of Christ, Lancaster
Irregular pattern along Main St. , Lancaster
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple, Longfellow,A.W.
Architectural Style:
Federal, Colonial Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education, Government, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, Fire Station, Library, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Education, Government, Religion
Current Sub-function:
City Hall, Library, Public Works, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling
Central Mills Historic District (added 1989 - - #89000595)
Roughly bounded by Quinebaug River, North St., and Central St. , Southbridge
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Central Street Historic District (added 2003 - - #03000550)
Roughly bounded by Central, Quaker, West, Chesley, Bow, Prospect & Fletcher Sts. , Millville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Upjohn, Richard, Fletcher, Charles H.
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private, Federal, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Post Office, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Landscape, Religion, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
City Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Post Office, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Central Woolen Mills District (added 1984 - - #84002905)
Mendon and Cross Sts. , Uxbridge
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Taft,Moses
Significant Year:
1925, 1852
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Unknown
Centre Village Historic District (added 1979 - - #79000379)
Also known as See Also:First Church of Christ Unitarian
Along Main St. , Southbridge
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Mid 19th Century Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Charlton Center Historic District (added 1995 - - #95001227)
Roughly, Main St. from Mugget Hill Rd. to Masonic Home Rd. and adjacent roads , Charlton
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Gothic Revival, Federal
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Social
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, Hotel, Meeting Hall, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Domestic, Education, Government, Religion, Social
Current Sub-function:
City Hall, Library, Meeting Hall, School, Single Dwelling
Claremont Street Historic District (added 1985 - - #85003756)
Roughly bounded by Woodland, Claremont and Main Sts. and Claremont Sq. , Worcester
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Crocker Field Historic District (added 2001 - - #01000651)
River St. , Fitchburg
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Olmsted Brothers, Gallagher, Percival
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Education
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Sport Facility
Current Function:
Education, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Sport Facility
Crystal Street Historic District (added 1990 - - #89002379)
30--34 Crystal St. , Worcester
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
European, Community Planning And Development, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Dale and Ethan Allen Streets Historic District (added 2019 - - #100004700)
18, 31-33, 21-23 & 11-15 Dale St./1 Allendale St., 22, 26, 25-27,15 &17 Ethan Allen St., Worcester
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Chapin, Edwin T, Dworman Building Company, Kingston, John P. et al., Multiple
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1911-1930 AD
Dana Common Historic and Archaeological District (added 2013 - - #13000052)
Also known as Dana Center
Gate 40 off Hardwick Rd., Petersham
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Historic Significance:
Event, Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Community Planning And Development, Conservation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Downtown Clinton Historic District (added 1985 - - #85000319)
Also known as Central Business District
Roughly bounded by Union and Prospects Sts. on High and Church Sts. , Clinton
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et al., Hoadley,John C.
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Dudley Hill Historic District (added 2019 - - #100004707)
Also known as Dudley Center, Dudley Village
Center, Dudley Oxford Rd., Dudley Southbridge, Ramshorn & Tanyard Rds., Dudley
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bail, H.U., and Sons, Coleman, Caryl, Conant, Hezekiah, Multiple
Architectural Style:
Cape Cod, Mid-Late 18th Century, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1726-1969 AD
Eagleville Historic District (added 2010 - - #10000786)
Main St, Princeton St, High St, Holden
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Federal, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Industry, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
East Blackstone Village Historic District (added 1995 - - #95001040)
Roughly, area along Elm St. at the jct. with Summer St. , Blackstone
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Georgian, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Local, State
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Meeting Hall, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Park, Single Dwelling
East End Historic District (added 2025 - - #100011582)
0 Anderson Purchase, 3 and 19 East End Road, 115-220 Main Street, Bolton
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Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture, Industry
East Main Street--Cherry Street Historic District (added 1996 - - #96000826)
215--270 and 35--73 Main, 2--16 Linden, 3--24 Ash, 26--73 Cherry, 6--19 May, and 8 Park Sts. , Spencer
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Sanderson, Tilson, et al., Howland, Pardon
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Federal, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling, Road-Related, Single Dwelling
East Main--Cherry Street Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2003 - - #03000551)
Also known as Luther Hill Park
Park Street , Spencer
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Area of Significance:
Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation
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