Colony Historic District

{{short description|Historic district in Massachusetts, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Colony Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image = SwanseaMA ColonyHD 2.jpg

| caption = Houses on Mattapoisett Avenue

| location = Swansea, Massachusetts

| coordinates = {{coord|41|42|35|N|71|12|23|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Massachusetts#USA

| area = {{convert|4.31|acre|ha}}

| architect = Marvell, Edward I.

| architecture = Colonial Revival, Shingle Style

| added = February 16, 1990

| mpsub = Swansea MRA

| refnum = 90000079{{NRISref|2008a}}

}}

The Colony Historic District is a historic district at Gardner's Neck and Mattapoisett Roads at Mt. Hope Bay in Swansea, Massachusetts. It includes seven summer cottages, most of which line Mattapoisett Road, which were built mainly between 1896 and 1930. Architecturally, these cottages are all in Shingle or Colonial Revival, and are representative of the summer resort development of Swansea around the turn of the 20th century.{{cite web|url=https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=swn.f|title=NRHP nomination for Colony Historic District|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|access-date=2014-06-26}}

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.