National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts facts for kids

Location of Middlesex County in Massachusetts

Middlesex County in Massachusetts is super special! It has more than 1,300 places listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This is a special list of important places in the U.S. that are worth protecting because of their history. In fact, Middlesex County has more of these historic spots than any other county in the entire United States!

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Cities with Lots of History

Many cities and towns in Middlesex County have tons of historic places. You can find more details about their special spots on separate pages. Here's a quick look at some of them:

Community	Picture	First Listed	Last Listed	Total Places
Arlington		1971	2006	64
Cambridge		1966	2006	205
Concord		1966	2007	27
Framingham		1975	2017	18
Lexington		1966	2016	17
Lowell		1972	2011	41
Marlborough		1980	2008	17
Medford		1966	2009	36
Newton		1973	2009	187
Reading		1975	1997	90
Sherborn		1986	1990	25
Somerville		1975	2009	84
Stoneham		1984	2005	69
Wakefield		1987	2014	95
Waltham		1970	2006	109
Weston		1972	2006	15
Winchester		1979	2009	68

Other Cool Places to Explore

Beyond the big cities, many other towns in Middlesex County have amazing historic sites.

Acton

• 1767 Milestones: These old markers show distances along the historic Old Post Road. They are found in Sudbury, Cambridge, and Wayland.
• Acton Centre Historic District: This area includes Main Street and other roads in Acton. It was listed in 1983.
• Acton High School: Built in 1925, this school building has a cool Renaissance Revival style. It was designed by architect John H. Bickford.
• Exchange Hall: Located on School Street, this building was listed in 1986.
• Faulkner Homestead: This historic home on High Street was listed in 1971.
• Isaac Davis Trail: This trail runs between Acton and Concord. It's a historic path from 1972.
• John Robbins House: This house on Great Road was listed in 2003.
• Jonathan and Simon Hosmer House: You can find this house on Main Street. It was listed in 2002.
• Jones Tavern: This old tavern on Main Street was listed in 1986.

Ashland

• Ashland Dam and Spillway: This dam is at the northern end of the Ashland Reservoir. It's part of Ashland State Park and was listed in 1990.
• Ashland Town House: This important building on Main Street was listed in 2004.
• Hopkinton Dam and Spillway: This dam is at the eastern end of Hopkinton Reservoir. It's in Ashland State Park and was listed in 1990.

Ayer

• Ayer Main Street Historic District: This historic area on Main Street was listed in 1989.
• Community Memorial Hospital: This hospital on Winthrop Avenue was listed in 2004.
• Fort Devens Historic District: This large historic area includes streets like El Caney Street and Sherman Avenue. It was listed in 1993 and also extends into Harvard.
• Pleasant Street School: This old school building on Pleasant Street was listed in 1986.

Bedford

• Bacon-Gleason-Blodgett Homestead: This homestead on Wilson Road was listed in 1977.
• Bedford Center Historic District: This area along Great Road was listed in 1977. Its boundaries were expanded in 2014.
• Bedford Depot: This historic train depot on Loomis Street and South Road was listed in 2003.
• Bedford Veterans Administration Hospital District: This hospital area on Springs Road was listed in 2012.
• Christopher Page House: This house on Meyers Lane was listed in 1990.
• David Lane House: Built in 1781, this house on North Road was listed in 1980.
• Farley-Hutchinson-Kimball House: This house on North Road was listed in 2012.
• Job Lane House: This house on North Street was listed in 1973.
• Nathaniel Page House: This house on Page Road was listed in 1978.
• Old Billerica Road Historic District: This area along Old Billerica Road was listed in 2007.
• Shawsheen Cemetery: This cemetery on Great Road and Shawsheen Road was listed in 2007.
• Two Brothers Rocks-Dudley Road Historic District: This district includes Dudley Road in Bedford and Timbercreek Lane in Billerica. It was listed in 2010.
• Wilson Mill-Old Burlington Road District: This area includes Old Burlington Road and Wilson Road. It was listed in 2003.

Belmont

• Abraham Hill House: This house on Pleasant Street was listed in 1990.
• Belmont Railroad Station: This station on Common Street was listed in 1998.
• McLean Hospital National Register District: This hospital area on Mill Street was listed in 2003.
• Metropolitan State Hospital: This hospital on Trapelo Road was listed in 1994. It also extends into Waltham and Lexington.
• Pleasant Street Historic District: This area along Pleasant Street was listed in 1979.
• Red Top: This house on Somerset Street is a National Historic Landmark, meaning it's extra important to the whole country's history. It was listed in 1971.

Billerica

• Abraham Jaquith House: This house on Concord Road was listed in 1991.
• Billerica Mills Historic District: This area is bounded by the Concord River and other streets. It was listed in 1983.
• Billerica Town Common District: This area is bounded by Cummings Street, Concord Road, and Boston Road. It was listed in 1973.
• Deacon Samuel Hill House: This house on Riverhurst Road was listed in 1990.
• Dutton–Holden Homestead: This homestead on Pond Street was listed in 2001.
• Howe School: This school on Boston Road was listed in 2002.
• Manning Manse: This house on Chelmsford Road was listed in 1982.
• Meeting House of the Second Parish in Woburn: This meeting house on Lexington Street was listed in 1990.
• Middlesex Canal: This historic canal runs through Billerica and other towns. The original listing from 1972 covers surviving parts. A larger district from 2009 covers the entire historic route.
• Sabbath Day House: This house on Andover Road was listed in 1973.
• Two Brothers Rocks-Dudley Road Historic District: This district includes Dudley Road in Bedford and Timbercreek Lane in Billerica. It was listed in 2010.

Boxborough

• Boxborough Old Town Center: This historic area includes Hill Road, Middle Road, and Picnic Street. It was listed in 2006.
• Levi Wetherbee Farm: This farm on Middle Road was listed in 2006.

Burlington

• Center School: This school on Bedford Street was listed in 2006.
• Francis Wyman House: This house on Francis Wyman Street was listed in 1975.
• West School: This school on Bedford Street was listed in 2006.

Carlisle

• George Robbins House: This house on Curve Street was listed in 1990.
• Zeb Spaulding House: This house on Lowell Road was listed in 1990.

Chelmsford

• Chelmsford Center Historic District: This area around MA 4, MA 110, and MA 27 was listed in 1980.
• Fiske House: This house on Billerica Road was listed in 1977.
• Hildreth-Robbins House: This house on Maple Road was listed in 2006.
• Middlesex Canal: This historic canal runs through Chelmsford and other towns. The original listing from 1972 covers surviving parts. A larger district from 2009 covers the entire historic route.
• North Town Hall: This building on Princeton Street was listed in 2015.
• Old Chelmsford Garrison House Complex: This complex on Garrison Road was listed in 1973.
• Oliver Hutchins House: This house on Elm Street was listed in 1985.

Dunstable

• Dunstable Town Hall: This town hall on Main Street was listed in 1999.

Everett

• Revere Beach Parkway-Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston: This parkway runs through Everett, Medford, and Chelsea. It was listed in 2007.

Groton

• Bennett-Shattuck House: This house on Martins Pond Road was listed in 2006.
• District 7 School: This school on Chicopee Row is owned by the Groton Historical Society. It was listed in 2008.
• Gov. George S. Boutwell House: This house on Main Street was listed in 2005.
• Groton High School: This old high school on Main Street was listed in 2010.
• Groton Inn: This inn on Main Street was listed in 1976 but was destroyed in a fire in 2011.
• Groton Leatherboard Company: This building on West Main Street was listed in 2002. It's now a senior living facility.

Holliston

• Bullard Farm: This farm on Bullard Lane was listed in 1995.
• East Holliston Historic District: This area includes Washington, Baker, and other streets. It was listed in 2002.
• Hydrant No. 3 House: This building on Washington Street is also known as the Metcalf Pump House. It was listed in 2000.
• Isaac Bullard House: This house on Ashland Street was listed in 1990.
• Thomas Hollis Historic District: This area on Washington Street was listed in 1989.

Hopkinton

• Cedar Swamp Archeological District: This area along the border with Westborough was listed in 1988. It's an important prehistoric site.
• Hopkinton Supply Co. Building: This building on Main Street was listed in 1983.

Hudson

• Felton Street School: This school on Felton Street was listed in 1986.
• Goodale Homestead: This homestead on Chestnut Street was listed in 1975.
• Col. Adelbert Mossman House: This house on Park Street was listed in 1982.

Lincoln

• Allen Crocker Curtis House-Pillar House: This house was originally listed in Newton but was rebuilt in Lincoln in 2005. It's on Old Sudbury Road.
• Daniel Brooks House: This house on Brooks Road East was listed in 1973.
• Flint House: This house on Lexington Road was listed in 2003.
• Gropius House: This house on Baker Bridge Road is a National Historic Landmark. It was listed in 2000.
• Henry Higginson House: This house on Baker Farm Road was listed in 2005.
• Hoar Tavern: This tavern northeast of Lincoln on MA 2 was listed in 1973.
• Lincoln Center Historic District: This area includes Bedford, Lincoln, and other roads. It was listed in 1985.
• McCune Site: This is a prehistoric archaeological site listed in 1986.
• The Grange: This historic place on Codman Road was listed in 1974. Its boundaries were expanded in 1976.
• Woods End Road Historic District: This district includes Baker Bridge Road and Woods End Road. It was listed in 1988.

Littleton

• Houghton Memorial Building: This building on Rogers Street was listed in 1991.
• Old Burying Ground: This cemetery on King Street was listed in 2002.
• Reed-Wood Place: This place on Meetinghouse Road was listed in 2000.

Malden

• Bell Rock Memorial Park: This park is bounded by Main, Wigglesworth, and other streets. It was listed in 2001.
• Charles A. Daniels School: This school on Daniels Street was listed in 1987.
• Common Burying Ground at Sandy Bank: This cemetery on Green Street was listed in 1981.
• Converse Memorial Building: This building on Salem Street is a National Historic Landmark. It was listed in 1985.
• Fells Connector Parkways, Metropolitan System of Greater Boston: This parkway system includes Fellsway East and West. It was listed in 2003.
• Fellsmere Park Parkways, Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston: This parkway system includes West Border Road and Boundary Road. It was listed in 2003.
• Lynn Fells Parkway, Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston: This parkway extends into Saugus. It was listed in 2003.
• Marcia Browne Junior High School: This school on Broadway was listed in 2000.
• Melrose Town Center Historic District: This area on Main Street includes the town hall and other buildings. It was listed in 1982.
• Middlesex Fells Reservation Parkways: This parkway system includes East Border Road and other roads. It was listed in 2003.
• Odd Fellows Building: This building on Main Street was listed in 1988.
• St. Paul's Parish Church: This church on Washington Street was listed in 2001.
• Waitt Brick Block: This building on Main Street was listed in 1982.
• Wilbur Fiske Haven House: This house on Pleasant Street was listed in 1992.

Maynard

• Glenwood Cemetery: This cemetery northeast of Parker Street and Great Road was listed in 2004.

Melrose

• Beebe Estate: This estate on West Foster Street was listed in 1981.
• Larrabee's Brick Block: This building on Main Street was listed in 1984.
• Melrose Public Library: This library on West Emerson Street was listed in 1988.
• Middlesex Fells Reservation Parkways: This parkway system includes East Border Road and other roads. It was listed in 2003.
• Phineas Upham House: This house on Upham Street was listed in 1990.
• Revere Beach Parkway-Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston: This parkway runs through Everett, Medford, and Chelsea. It was listed in 2007.
• Trinity Episcopal Church: This church on West Emerson Street was listed in 1995.

Natick

• Casey's Diner: This diner on South Avenue was listed in 1999.
• Clark Houses: These houses on West Central Street were listed in 1978.
• Henry Wilson Shoe Shop: This shoe shop on West Central Street was listed in 2000.
• John Eliot Historic District: This area includes Eliot, Pleasant, and Auburn Streets. It was listed in 1983.
• Natick Center Historic District: This area includes North Avenue, Main, Central, and Summer Streets. It was listed in 1977.
• Rev. Stephen Badger House: This house on Eliot Street was listed in 1980.
• Robert Jenison House: This house on Frost Road was listed in 1978.
• Stephen Bacon House: This house on North Main Street was listed in 1990.
• Sudbury Aqueduct Linear District: This aqueduct runs from Farm Pond to Chestnut Hill Reservoir. It was listed in 1990 and extends into Wellesley, Needham, Framingham, Newton, and Sherborn.
• The Parsonage: This building on Pleasant Street is a National Historic Landmark. It was listed in 1971.

North Reading

• John Bickford House: This house on Elm Street was listed in 1990.
• Rev. Daniel Putnam House: This house on Bow Street was listed in 1990.

Pepperell

• Pepperell Center Historic District: This area along Park, Main, and other streets was listed in 1994.

Shirley

• James Parker House: This house on Center Road was listed in 1988.
• Shirley Center Historic District: This area includes Brown, Center, and other roads. It was listed in 1988.
• Shirley Shaker Village: This village south of Shirley on Harvard Road was listed in 1976. It also extends into Lancaster.
• Shirley Village Historic District: This area is bounded by Center, Harvard, and other roads. It was listed in 1992.

Stow

• Brown-Stow House: This house on Harvard Road was listed in 1990.
• Hapgood House: This house on Treaty Elm Lane was listed in 1990.
• Randall-Hale Homestead: This homestead on Sudbury Road was listed in 1996.
• Tenney Homestead: This homestead on Taylor Road was listed in 1990.
• Walcott-Whitney House: This house on Tuttle Lane was listed in 1990.

Sudbury

• Bogle-Walker House: This house on Goodman's Road was listed in 1992 but was taken apart in 2006.
• Goodnow Library: This library on Concord Road was listed in 2002.
• Moses Brewer House: This house on Concord Road was listed in 1990.
• Sudbury Center Historic District: This area on Concord and Old Sudbury Roads was listed in 1976.
• Wayside Inn Historic District: This district on Old Boston Post Road was listed in 1973.

Tewksbury

• Tewksbury State Hospital: This hospital at the junction of East and Livingston Streets was listed in 1994.

Tyngsborough

• Col. Jonathan Tyng House: This house on Tyng Road was listed in 1977 but has been demolished.
• Old Town Hall: This building on Kendal Road was listed in 2005.
• Winslow School and Littlefield Library: These buildings on Middlesex Road were listed in 2017.

Watertown

• Abraham Browne House: This house on Main Street was listed in 1990.
• Charles River Reservation Parkways: This parkway system includes Soldiers Field and other roads. It was listed in 2006 and extends into Cambridge, Newton, Waltham, Weston, and Boston.
• Commanding Officer's Quarters, Watertown Arsenal: This building on Arsenal Street was listed in 1976.
• Coolidge School: This school on Arlington Street was listed in 2009.
• Miles Pratt House: This house on Mount Auburn Street was listed in 1985.
• Old Watertown High School: This old high school on Mount Auburn Street was listed in 2006.
• Town Diner: This diner on Mount Auburn Street was listed in 1999.
• Watertown Arsenal Historic District: This historic area on Arsenal Street was listed in 1999.
• Edmund Fowle House: This house on Marshall Street was listed in 1977.

Wayland

• Hopestill Bent Tavern: This tavern on Old Connecticut Path was listed in 1990.
• Noyes-Parris House: This house on Old Connecticut Path was listed in 1990.
• Old Town Bridge: This bridge north of Wayland on MA 27 was listed in 1975.
• Reeves Tavern: This tavern on Old Connecticut Path was listed in 2016.
• Stone's Bridge: This bridge crosses the Sudbury River on Old Stonebridge Road. It was listed in 2017 and extends into Framingham.
• Wayland Center Historic District: This area along US Route 20 and MA 27 was listed in 1974.
• Weston Aqueduct Linear District: This aqueduct runs from the Sudbury Reservoir to the Weston Reservoir. It was listed in 1990 and extends into Southborough, Framingham, and Weston.

Westford

• Brookside Historic District: This area includes Brookside, Moore Road, and Coolidge Avenue. It was listed in 2003.
• Fairview Cemetery: This cemetery on Main Street was listed in 2005.
• Forge Village Historic District: This area is bounded by Forge Pond and other streets. It was listed in 2002.
• Graniteville Historic District: This area includes Broadway, Church, and other streets. It was listed in 2002.
• Henry Fletcher House: This house on Concord Road was listed in 1993.
• Hillside Cemetery: This cemetery on Depot and Nutting Roads was listed in 2005.
• John Proctor House: This house on Concord Road was listed in 1993.
• Parker Village Historic District: This area includes Concord, Carlisle, and other roads. It was listed in 2002.
• Russian Cemetery: This cemetery on Patten Road was listed in 2005.
• Westford Center Historic District: This area along Graniteville Road, Main Street, and other roads was listed in 1998.
• Westford Town Farm: This farm on Town Farm Road was listed in 2008.
• Westlawn Cemetery: This cemetery on Concord Road was listed in 2005.
• Wright Cemetery: This cemetery on Groton Road was listed in 2005.

Wilmington

• Boutell-Hathorn House: This house on Woburn Street was listed in 2004.
• Buck's Corner Historic District: This district includes Wildwood Street and Woburn Street. It was listed in 2003.
• Butters-Avery House: This house on Chestnut Street was listed in 2010.
• Church Street Historic District: This district includes Church Street and Central Street. It was listed in 2003.
• Ephraim Buck House: This house on Wildwood Street was listed in 1990.
• Gowing-Sheldon Historic District: This district includes Woburn Street. It was listed in 2003.
• Harnden Tavern: This tavern on Salem Street was listed in 1975. It now houses the Wilmington Town Museum.
• High Street Historic District: This district includes High Street. It was listed in 2003.
• Middlesex Canal: This historic canal runs through Wilmington and other towns. The original listing from 1972 covers surviving parts. A larger district from 2009 covers the entire historic route.
• West Schoolhouse: This schoolhouse on Shawsheen Avenue was listed in 1990.
• Wilmington Centre Village Historic District: This district includes Middlesex Drive and Church Street. It was listed in 1992.

Woburn

• 1790 House: This house on Main Street was listed in 1974.
• Baldwin House: This mansion on Alfred Street was listed in 1971. It was the home of Col. Loammi Baldwin, who helped build the Middlesex Canal.
• Count Rumford Birthplace: This house on Elm Street is a National Historic Landmark. It was listed in 1975.
• First Burial Ground: This cemetery on Park Street was listed in 2004.
• First Congregational Church in Woburn: This church on Main Street was listed in 1992.
• Jack's Diner: This diner on Main Street was listed in 2000.
• Middlesex Canal: This historic canal runs through Woburn and other towns. The original listing from 1972 covers surviving parts. A larger district from 2009 covers the entire historic route.
• US Post Office-Woburn Center Station: This post office on Abbott Street was listed in 1987.
• Woburn Public Library: This library on Pleasant Street is a National Historic Landmark. It was listed in 1976.

Former Listings

Sometimes, historic places are removed from the National Register. This usually happens if they are destroyed or moved.

• Old City Hall (Malden, Massachusetts): This building on Main Street in Malden was listed in 1976. However, it was torn down in 1979.