National Register of Historic Places listings in Massachusetts facts for kids

Distribution of listings by county as of September 2014

This is a list of properties and districts in Massachusetts listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are over 4,200 listings in the state, representing about 5% of all NRHP listings nationwide and the second-most of any U.S. state, behind only New York. Listings appear in all 14 Massachusetts counties.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted March 31, 2017.

Church on the Hill, in Berkshire County

House of the Seven Gables, in Salem, Essex County

Sankaty Head Light, in Nantucket

Faneuil Hall, Boston, Suffolk County

The Flying Horses Carousel, Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County

The Ware-Hardwick Covered Bridge, Hampshire and Worcester Counties

The PT 796, Fall River, Bristol County

The Alvah Stone Mill, Montague, Franklin County

	County	# of sites
1.1	Barnstable: Barnstable	85
1.2	Barnstable: Harwich	4
1.3	Barnstable: Other	117
1.4	Barnstable: Duplicates	(4)
1.5	Barnstable: Total	202
2	Berkshire	170
3.1	Bristol: Fall River	102
3.2	Bristol: New Bedford	43
3.3	Bristol: Taunton	96
3.4	Bristol: Other	130
3.5	Bristol: Duplicates	(1)
3.6	Bristol: Total	370
4	Dukes	22
5.1	Essex: Andover	51
5.2	Essex: Gloucester	34
5.3	Essex: Ipswich	31
5.4	Essex: Lawrence	24
5.5	Essex: Lynn	28
5.6	Essex: Methuen	45
5.7	Essex: Salem	46
5.8	Essex: Other	216
5.9	Essex: Duplicates	(3)
5.10	Essex: Total	472
6	Franklin	53
7.1	Hampden: Springfield	87
7.2	Hampden: Other	70
7.3	Hampden: Total	157
8	Hampshire	78
9.1	Middlesex: Arlington	64
9.2	Middlesex: Cambridge	205
9.3	Middlesex: Concord	27
9.4	Middlesex: Framingham	18
9.5	Middlesex: Lexington	17
9.6	Middlesex: Lowell	41
9.7	Middlesex: Marlborough	17
9.8	Middlesex: Medford	36
9.9	Middlesex: Newton	187
9.10	Middlesex: Reading	90
9.11	Middlesex: Sherborn	25
9.12	Middlesex: Somerville	84
9.13	Middlesex: Stoneham	69
9.14	Middlesex: Wakefield	95
9.15	Middlesex: Waltham	109
9.16	Middlesex: Weston	15
9.17	Middlesex: Winchester	68
9.18	Middlesex: Other	188
9.19	Middlesex: Duplicates	(31)
9.20	Middlesex: Total	1,324
10	Nantucket	4
11.1	Norfolk: Brookline	98
11.2	Norfolk: Milton	29
11.3	Norfolk: Quincy	109
11.4	Norfolk: Other	122
11.5	Norfolk: Duplicates	(4)
11.6	Norfolk: Total	354
12	Plymouth	128
13.1	Suffolk: Northern Boston	145
13.2	Suffolk: Southern Boston	153
13.3	Suffolk: Other	23
13.4	Suffolk: Duplicates	(2)
13.5	Suffolk: Total	319
14.1	Worcester: Southbridge	83
14.2	Worcester: Uxbridge	53
14.3	Worcester: Eastern Worcester	97
14.4	Worcester: Northwestern Worcester	102
14.5	Worcester: Southwestern Worcester	80
14.6	Worcester: Northern	68
14.7	Worcester: Other	172
14.8	Worcester: Duplicates	(5)
14.9	Worcester: Total	650
(duplicates):		(43)
Total:		4,260