List of National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts

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|article=Adams Academy

|name=Adams Academy

|image=Adams Academy.jpg

|alt=A building of stone and brick, with three steep gables and a slate roof. The central bay has an arched entrance. A sign to the left reads "Quincy Historical Society; Museum and Library".

|date=1994-04-19

|address=Quincy

|lat=42.2541

|lon=-71.0059

|county=Norfolk

|description= High Gothic building, built in 1871 to a design by William Robert Ware and Henry Van Brunt, for a preparatory school funded with a bequest of John Adams.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1418&ResourceType=Building |title=NHL Summary Description of Adams Academy |access-date=2012-11-06 |publisher=National Park Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901185718/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1418&ResourceType=Building |archive-date=2012-09-01 }}

|refnum=74000379

|commonscat=Adams Academy

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|article=John Adams Birthplace

|name=John Adams Birthplace

|image=John Adams birthplace, Quincy, Massachusetts.JPG

|alt=A simple brown saltbox house with a central chimney stands behind a rough stone wall.

|date=1960-12-19

|address=Quincy

|lat=42.2390

|lon=-71.0035

|county=Norfolk

|description= This is the house in which United States President John Adams was born on October 30, 1735. It is now part of the Adams National Historical Park.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=56&ResourceType=Building|title=NHL Summary Description of John Adams Birthplace|access-date=2012-11-06|publisher=National Park Service|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502150100/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=56&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=2008-05-02}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/adam/|title=Adams National Historical Park|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-06}}

|refnum=66000129

|commonscat=John Adams Birthplace

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|article=John Quincy Adams Birthplace

|name=John Quincy Adams Birthplace

|image=John Quincy Adams birthplace, Quincy, Massachusetts.JPG

|alt=A gray saltbox with white trim is seen at an angle from the rear. A low stone wall stands in the foreground.

|date=1960-12-19

|address=Quincy

|lat=42.2394

|lon=-71.0034

|county=Norfolk

|description= President John Quincy Adams was born in this house, which is adjacent to the John Adams Birthplace; it is also part of the Adams National Historical Park.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=55&ResourceType=Building |title=NHL Summary Description of John Quincy Adams Birthplace |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2012-11-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502150055/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=55&ResourceType=Building |archive-date=2008-05-02 }}

|refnum=66000128

|commonscat=John Quincy Adams Birthplace

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|pos=4

|article=Adventure (schooner)

|name=Adventure

|image=GloucesterMA AdventureUndergoingRestoration.jpg

|alt=Adventure is a long black ship with three masts. She sits relatively low to the water, anchored at a berth in front of other smaller ships, and land rising in the background.

|date=1994-04-19

|address=Gloucester

|lat=42.6089

|lon=-70.6559

|county=Essex

|description= This schooner is one of the last surviving Gloucester-based Grand Banks fishing schooners, and one of only two surviving "knockabout" fishing schooners.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2079&ResourceType=Structure |title=NHL Summary Description of Adventure schooner |access-date=2012-11-06 |publisher=National Park Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118222027/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2079&ResourceType=Structure |archive-date=2007-11-18 }}

|refnum=89002054

|commonscat=Adventure (ship, 1926)

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|pos=5

|article=John Alden House

|name=John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites

|image=John Alden House in Duxbury, Massachusetts.jpg

|alt=A traditional 2-story colonial-style house, with weathered cedar shake siding and roofing. A woman stands near the entrance.

|date=2008-10-06

|address=Duxbury

|lat=42.04495

|lon=-70.6858

|county=Plymouth

|description= These two sites in Duxbury are associated with John and Priscilla Alden, who were the inspiration for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's The Courtship of Miles Standish.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-981005341&ResourceType=Site |title=NHL Summary Description of the John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites |access-date=2012-11-06 |publisher=National Park Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901180225/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-981005341&ResourceType=Site |archive-date=2010-09-01 }}

|refnum=78000476

|commonscat=John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites

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|pos=6

|article=American Antiquarian Society

|name=American Antiquarian Society

|image=WorcesterMA AntiquarianSociety 1.jpg

|alt=A brick building with white trim stands up the hill. Its entry is pillared and it has a dome with a small wing extending forward. The building extends behind and left of the dome with additional side wings.

|date=1968-10-18

|address=Worcester

|lat=42.2780

|lon=-71.8098

|county=Worcester

|description= This 1910 Georgian Revival building houses the American Antiquarian Society, the third oldest (1812) historical society in the United States and the first to be national in scope.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=775&ResourceType=Building|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606030844/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=775&ResourceType=Building|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 6, 2009|title=NHL Summary Description of American Antiquarian Society|access-date=2012-11-06|publisher=National Park Service}}

|refnum=68000018

|commonscat=American Antiquarian Society

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|pos=7

|article=Arrowhead (Herman Melville House)

|name=Arrowhead (Herman Melville House)

|image=Arrowhead (Herman Melville), Pittsfield, Massachusetts.JPG

|alt=A two-story colonial-style house, painted yellow with brown trim. A porch with benches on it is off the right side of the house.

|date=1962-12-29

|address=Pittsfield

|lat=42.4154

|lon=-73.2488

|county=Berkshire

|description= This 18th-century farmhouse was the home of author Herman Melville (1819–1891) during his most productive years from 1850 to 1863. He wrote several novels here, including Moby-Dick, as well as short stories, magazine stories and poetry. The house is now a museum.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=53&ResourceType=Building |title=NHL Summary Description of Arrowhead (Herman Melville House) |access-date=2012-11-06 |publisher=National Park Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606145047/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=53&ResourceType=Building |archive-date=2009-06-06}}

|refnum=66000126

|commonscat=Arrowhead (Herman Melville House)

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|pos=8

|article=Maria Baldwin House

|name=Maria Baldwin House

|image=CambridgeMA MariaBaldwinHouse 01.jpg

|alt=A two-story two family residence, with side-by-side entrances in the center of the building. The right side is blue with white trim, and the left is brown with white trim. The right side paint job is in better condition than that of the left. The entrances have pillared porches covering the landing in front of the doors.

|date=1976-05-11

|address=Cambridge

|lat=42.3701

|lon=-71.1004

|county=Middlesex

|description= This 19th century duplex was the home of educator Maria Louise Baldwin (1856–1922), the first female African-American principal of a school in New England.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1597&ResourceType=Building |title=NHL Summary Description of Maria Baldwin House |access-date=2012-11-17 |publisher=National Park Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008091729/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1597&ResourceType=Building |archive-date=2012-10-08 }}{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=76000272}}|title=NRHP nomination for Maria Baldwin House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-17}}

|refnum=76000272

|commonscat=Maria Baldwin House

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|article=Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House

|name=Beauport

|image=Beauport Gloucester.jpg

|alt=A stone and wooden house with a wooden roof stands behind a garden with plants wrapped in burlap for the winter. The land slopes down to water behind the house.

|date=2003-05-27

|address=Gloucester

|lat=42.5911

|lon=-70.6606

|county=Essex

|description= Seminal interior designer and decorator Henry Davis Sleeper (1878–1934) used this Shingle-style as a showcase of his work. It is owned by Historic New England and operated as a museum.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1909322084&ResourceType=Building |title=NHL Summary Description of Beauport |access-date=2012-11-17 |publisher=National Park Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606031844/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1909322084&ResourceType=Building |archive-date=2009-06-06 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.historicnewengland.org/historic-properties/homes/Beauport|title=Historic New England: Beauport|publisher=Historic New England|access-date=2012-11-17}}

|refnum=03000641

|commonscat=Beauport, Gloucester

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|pos=10

|article=Edward Bellamy House

|name=Edward Bellamy House

|image=ChicopeeMA EdwardBellamyHouse.jpg

|alt=A two-story house with a porch in front. The house is light tan with darker trim, and has a circular window in the gable end above the second floor.

|date=1971-11-11

|address=Chicopee Falls

|lat=42.1561

|lon=-72.5841

|county=Hampden

|description= This was the longtime home of journalist and social activist Edward Bellamy (1850–1898), author of the utopian novel Looking Backward.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1070&ResourceType=Building |title=NHL Summary Description of Edward Bellamy House |access-date=2012-11-17 |publisher=National Park Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002123617/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1070&ResourceType=Building |archive-date=2012-10-02 }}

|refnum=71000091

|commonscat=Edward Bellamy House

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|pos=11

|article=George D. Birkhoff House

|name=George D. Birkhoff House

|image=George D Birkhoff House Cambridge MA.jpg

|alt=A green three-story house with a mansard roof and small gabled dormers. A small porch protects the entry.

|date=1975-01-15

|address=Cambridge

|lat=42.3783

|lon=-71.1287

|county=Middlesex

|description= This house was the home of George David Birkhoff (1884–1944), a leading mathematician of the early 20th century.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1532&ResourceType=Building|title=NHL Summary Description of George D. Birkhoff House|access-date=2012-11-17|publisher=National Park Service|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606030818/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1532&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=2009-06-06}}

|refnum=75000295

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|pos=12

|article=Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory

|name=Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory

|image=Great Blue Hill Weather Station Milton MA 03.jpg

|alt=A two-story stone L-shaped building is attached to a round three-story tower with crenellated top. The tower has equipment mounted on the top, and antennae are visible in the background.

|date=1989-12-20

|address=Milton

|lat=42.2120

|lon=-71.1141

|county=Norfolk

|description= Described as "principal structure associated with the history of weather observation" in the United States, this observatory is home to the oldest continuous weather record in North America, and is where numerous meteorological measurement and analysis techniques were developed.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1821&ResourceType=Building|title=NHL Summary Description of Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory|access-date=2012-11-17|publisher=National Park Service|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606155617/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1821&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=2009-06-06}}

|refnum=80000665, 80000661

|commonscat=Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory

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|pos=13

|article=Boardman House (Saugus, Massachusetts)

|name=Boardman House

|image=Boardman House - Saugus MA - general view.JPG

|alt=A brown garrison-style saltbox house with a wooden roof and a red door. A rough stone wall separates the street from the yard.

|date=1961-11-05

|address=Saugus

|lat=42.4723

|lon=-71.0377

|county=Essex

|description= This house, whose early construction dates to the late 17th century, has remained little changed since the early 18th century. It is now a house museum operated by Historic New England.{{cite web|url=http://www.historicnewengland.org/historic-properties/homes/boardman-house|title=Historic New England: Boardman House|publisher=Historic New England|access-date=2012-11-17}}

|refnum=66000131

|commonscat=Boardman House

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|pos=14

|article=Boston Manufacturing Company

|name=Boston Manufacturing Company

|key=⁺

|image=Boston Manufacturing Company mill complex, Waltham, MA - 2.JPG

|alt=A five-story oblong brick building (5 window bays on the short side, 35 on the long side) stands beside the Charles River. A portion of a wooden dam is visible to the right of the building.

|date=1977-12-22

|address=Waltham

|lat=42.3731

|lon=-71.2358

|county=Middlesex

|description= This building housed the eponymous company, founded in 1813 by businessman Francis Cabot Lowell, engineer Paul Moody, and others, for the manufacture of cotton textiles. At this site the manufacture of textiles under a single roof was proved, a major success leading to the American Industrial Revolution.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=77001412}}|title=NRHP nomination for Boston Manufacturing Company|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-17}}

|refnum=77001412

|commonscat=Boston Manufacturing Company

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|pos=15

|article=Nathaniel Bowditch House

|name=Nathaniel Bowditch Home

|image=Nathaniel Bowditch House - Salem, Massachusetts.JPG

|alt=A three-story colonial-style house with a low railing around the roof. The house is gray with white trim and black shutters. There is a small portico sheltering the front door.

|date=1965-01-12

|address=Salem

|lat=42.5218

|lon=-70.8987

|county=Essex

|description= This Federalist house was the home of Nathaniel Bowditch (1773–1838), the founder of modern (19th century) navigation.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=62&ResourceType=Building |title=NHL Summary Description of Nathaniel Bowditch Home |access-date=2012-11-17 |publisher=National Park Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008160954/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=62&ResourceType=Building |archive-date=2012-10-08 }} It now serves as the headquarters of Historic Salem, Inc.{{cite web|url=http://historicsalem.org/about/bowditch-house/|title=The Nathaniel Bowditch House|publisher=Historic Salem, Inc|access-date=2013-01-11|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208010830/http://historicsalem.org/about/bowditch-house/|archive-date=2013-02-08}}

|refnum=66000135

|commonscat=Nathaniel Bowditch House

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|pos=16

|article=Louis Brandeis House

|name=Louis Brandeis House

|image=Louis Brandeis House, Chatham (Barnstable County, Massachusetts).jpg

|alt=A modest Cape-style house with large flat-roof dormers on the front and back. There is a patio area on the side of the house, with an arbor-like structure separating it from the yard.

|date=1972-11-28

|address=Chatham

|lat=41.6710

|lon=-69.9833

|county=Barnstable

|description= Bought in 1922 by liberal United States Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis (1856–1941), this Cape style house (whose construction dates to the late 19th century) was used by the Brandeis family as a summer retreat.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=72000148}}|title=NRHP nomination for Louis Brandeis House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-17}}

|refnum=72000148

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|pos=17

|article=Percy W. Bridgman House

|name=Percy W. Bridgman House

|image=Percy W. Bridgman House (Cambridge, MA).JPG

|alt=A brown 2 1/2 story house with red shutters.

|date=1975-05-15

|address=Cambridge

|lat=42.3792

|lon=-71.1286

|county=Middlesex

|description= This house served as the longtime home of Nobel prize-winning physicist Percy W. Bridgman (1882–1961). His innovations in the field of high pressure physics made possible the development of synthetic diamonds.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=75000298}}|title=NRHP nomination for Percy W. Bridgman House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-17}}

|refnum=75000298

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|pos=18

|article=Brookline Reservoir of the Cochituate Aqueduct

|name=Brookline Reservoir of the Cochituate Aqueduct

|image=Brookline Reservoir, June 2010, Brookline MA.jpg

|alt=The curving shoreline of a body of water is lined with roughly dressed granite stones. A walkway follows the curve of the shore, with a trees providing shade.

|date=2015-02-27

|address=Brookline

|lat=42.3264

|lon=-71.1367

|county=Norfolk

|description= This property, in addition to the reservoir, includes the end gatehouse of the Cochituate Aqueduct, and an elaborately-decorated distribution gatehouse that includes one of the earliest known uses of wrought iron for staircases.

|refnum=15000278

|commonscat=Reservoir Park (Brookline, Massachusetts)

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|pos=19

|article=William Cullen Bryant Homestead

|name=William Cullen Bryant Homestead

|image=William Cullen Bryant Homestead, Cummington, Massachusetts.JPG

|alt=A large ornately-decorated country house. It is painted a light color with brown trim, and the porch has detailed decoration painted the body color. There are small round windows above some of normal windows. People sit at tables on the porch that wraps part way around the house, and also on the expanse of lawn in front.

|date=1962-12-29

|address=Cummington

|lat=42.4713

|lon=-72.9406

|county=Hampshire

|description= This property was the boyhood home and later summer residence of poet and newspaper editor William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878). It is now owned by The Trustees of Reservations and operated as a house museum.{{cite web|url=http://www.thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/pioneer-valley/bryant-homestead.html|title=Trustees of Reservations: William Cullen Bryant Homestead|publisher=The Trustees of Reservations|access-date=2012-11-17}}

|refnum=66000136

|commonscat=William Cullen Bryant Homestead

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|pos=20

|article=Buckman Tavern

|name=Buckman Tavern

|image=Buckman Tavern, Lexington, Massachusetts.JPG

|alt=This tavern looks like a 2 1/2 story house, five windows wide and two deep. A single-story addition runs off one corner at an angle to the body of the house. The front door has a triangular pediment with dentil molding, and the appearance of rectangular pillars on either side of the door. An American flag hangs from a flagpole above the door.

|date=1961-01-20

|address=Lexington

|lat=42.4493

|lon=-71.2298

|county=Middlesex

|description= The oldest of Lexington's inns (established c. 1690), local militiamen mustered here prior to the April 19, 1775, battles of Lexington and Concord that began the American Revolutionary War.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=66000137}}|title=NRHP nomination for Buckman Tavern|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-17}}

|refnum=66000137

|commonscat=Buckman Tavern

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|pos=21

|article=Cape Ann Light Station

|name=Cape Ann Light Station

|image=Thacher Island Lighthouses in 2009.jpg

|alt=This old photograph shows a stone lighthouse built atop a rocky ledge. It is connected by a covered and enclosed walkway to a house on the left. A small white shed is visible in the foreground.

|date=2001-01-03

|address=Rockport

|lat=42.6368

|lon=-70.5749

|county=Essex

|description= Located on Thacher Island, this light station was established in 1771, and was the last founded in the colonial era. The two lighthouses were the first to mark a navigational hazard (Thacher Island); the current lighthouses were constructed in 1861, and are aligned on a north-south axis.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=71000355}}|title=NRHP nomination for Cape Ann Light Station|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-17}}

|refnum=71000355

|commonscat=Cape Ann Light Station

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|pos=22

|article=Parson Capen House

|name=Parson Capen House

|image=Parson Capen House - Topsfield, Massachusetts.JPG

|alt=This brown colonial-style house has an overhanging second floor and a single central chimney.

|date=1960-10-09

|address=Topsfield

|lat=42.6415

|lon=-70.9499

|county=Essex

|description= This circa 1683 house was home to Reverend Joseph Capen, Topsfield's minister for many years. It is one of the best preserved 17th-century houses in the United States.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=66&ResourceType=Building|title=NHL Summary Description of Parson Capen House|access-date=2012-11-17|publisher=National Park Service|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606144103/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=66&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=2009-06-06}} It is operated by the Topsfield Historical Society as a house museum.{{cite web|url=http://www.topsfieldhistory.org/parson_capen.shtml|title=Parson Capen House|publisher=Topsfield Historical Society|access-date=2012-11-17}}

|refnum=66000139

|commonscat=Parson Capen House

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|pos=23

|article=Castle Hill, Ipswich, Massachusetts

|name=Castle Hill

|image=The Crane Estate at Castle Hill in Ipswich, Massachusetts.jpg

|alt=A large mansion house is framed by rows of trees on either side and an expanse of well-kept green lawn in front.

|date=1998-08-05

|address=Ipswich

|lat=42.6851

|lon=-70.7792

|county=Essex

|description= This early 20th-century country estate is one of the finest of its type. The house was designed by architect David Adler of Chicago, and the landscaping was done by the Olmsted Brothers firm, among others. The estate is owned by The Trustees of Reservations, and is open to the public.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1676877948&ResourceType=District |title=NHL Summary Description of Castle Hill |access-date=2012-11-17 |publisher=National Park Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009040821/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1676877948&ResourceType=District |archive-date=2012-10-09 }}

|refnum=77000183

|commonscat=Castle Hill, Ipswich, Massachusetts

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|pos=24

|article=Christ Church (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

|name=Christ Church

|image=CambridgeMA ChristChurch.jpg

|alt=A gray church stands next to an old cemetery. The church has a tower but no steeple, and a circular drive in front.

|date=1960-10-09

|address=Cambridge

|lat=42.3754

|lon=-71.1205

|county=Middlesex

|description= This church, designed by architect Peter Harrison and completed in 1761, served Cambridge Anglicans. Despite numerous alterations, the church has retained much its original 18th century character.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=66000140}}|title=NRHP nomination for Christ Church, Cambridge|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-17}}

|refnum=66000140

|commonscat=Christ Church (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

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|pos=25

|article=Jethro Coffin House

|name=Jethro Coffin House

|image=Jethro Coffin House, Sunset Hill, Nantucket (Nantucket County, Massachusetts).jpg

|alt=This black and white photo shows a saltbox-style house with split-rail fencing in front. A meadow with flowers is in the foreground, and small buildings associated with the house are in the background.

|date=1968-10-18

|address=Nantucket

|lat=41.2874

|lon=-70.1073

|county=Nantucket

|description= This saltbox house, built in 1686, is the oldest surviving residential structure on Nantucket. It is now owned by the Nantucket Historical Association, which operates it as a house museum.{{cite web|url=http://www.nha.org/sites/oldesthouse.html|title=Oldest House of the Nantucket Historical Association|publisher=Nantucket Historical Association|access-date=2012-11-17}}

|refnum=68000019

|commonscat=Jethro Coffin house

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|pos=26

|article=Cole's Hill

|name=Cole's Hill

|image=Cole's Hill, Plymouth, MA.jpg

|alt=A gravel walkway curves past a whitish stone in which a historic marker has been embedded. In the background you can see a road and then water beyond.

|date=1960-10-09

|address=Plymouth

|lat=41.9556

|lon=-70.6627

|county=Plymouth

|description= Cole's Hill is the site of the burial ground of the Pilgrims. Those who died in the first winter of the Plymouth Colony (1620–1621) were buried there.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=69&ResourceType=Site |title=NHL Summary Description of Cole's Hill |access-date=2012-11-17 |publisher=National Park Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002123658/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=69&ResourceType=Site |archive-date=2012-10-02 }}

|refnum=66000142

|commonscat=Cole's Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts

}}

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|pos=27

|article=Converse Memorial Library

|name=Converse Memorial Library

|image=Converse Memorial Library (Malden, MA) - angle view.JPG

|alt=A brownstone building with arched porch. The roof is slate, except for a tower, which has a green copper roof. A gate in front of the building is made of ornate wrought iron, which is also present in globular light fixtures mounted on either side.

|date=1987-12-23

|address=Malden

|lat=42.4272

|lon=-71.0663

|county=Middlesex

|description= This public library building was the last such building designed by architect H. H. Richardson, and is counted among his greatest works.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1899&ResourceType=Building |title=NHL Summary Description of Converse Memorial Library |access-date=2012-11-17 |publisher=National Park Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606042254/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1899&ResourceType=Building |archive-date=2009-06-06 }}

|refnum=85002014

|commonscat=Converse Memorial Library

}}

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|pos=28

|article=Crane and Company Old Stone Mill Rag Room

|name=Crane and Company Old Stone Mill Rag Room

|image=Crane Museum, Dalton MA.jpg

|alt=A stepped stone facade frames a green door, above which there is a small round window with white trim. Much of the stonework is covered in ivy, and the building is set in a well manicured garden.

|date=1983-05-04

|address=Dalton

|lat=42.4708

|lon=-73.1785

|county=Berkshire

|description= From 1844 to 1930 this building was used as part of Crane and Company's paper manufacturing process, and is one of the nation's oldest surviving paper manufacturing buildings; it now houses Crane's museum. Crane has since 1879 been the exclusive supplier of paper for United States paper currency.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=83004376}}|title=NRHP nomination for Crane and Company Old Stone Mill Rag Room|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-17}}

|refnum=83004376

}}

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|pos=29

|article=Thomas Crane Public Library (Quincy, Massachusetts)

|name=Crane Memorial Library

|image=Thomas Crane Public Library, Quincy, Massachusetts (side view).JPG

|alt=This building is made of granite with brownstone trim, and a red roof. Vertical window structures dominate the wall that is shown. On the right the roof has a large gable, and there are three smaller gable ends on the left.

|date=1987-12-23

|address=Quincy

|lat=42.2513

|lon=-71.0021

|county=Norfolk

|description= One of five public libraries designed by H. H. Richardson, he considered it to be one of his best designs. The building incorporates stained glass by John LaFarge and sculptural elements by Augustus Saint-Gaudens.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=72000143}}|title=NRHP nomination for Crane Memorial Library|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-17}}

|refnum=72000143

|commonscat=Thomas Crane Public Library

}}

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|pos=30

|article=Paul Cuffe Farm

|name=Paul Cuffe Farm

|image=Paul Cuffe Farm, Westport MA.jpg

|alt=This is a large farmhouse that with a sun room and greenhouse in the back.

|date=1974-05-30

|address=Westport

|lat=41.5437

|lon=-71.0673

|county=Bristol

|description= This site was the home and farm of Paul Cuffee (1759–1817), a wealthy colonial-era African-American merchant. Cuffee was a leading advocate for minority rights in Massachusetts, and a promoter and funder of the resettlement of African-Americans to present-day Sierra Leone.{{cite web|url=https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=wsp.211|title=NRHP nomination for Paul Cuffe Farm|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|access-date=2012-11-18}}

|refnum=74000394

}}

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|pos=31

|article=Cushing House Museum and Garden

|name=Caleb Cushing House

|image=Cushing House Museum and Garden - Newburyport, Massachusetts.JPG

|alt=This is a three story red brick house with white trim and black shutters. The third floor has windows that are not as high as those on the first two floors. Three sizable chimneys are visible.

|date=1973-11-07

|address=Newburyport

|lat=42.8065

|lon=-70.8705

|county=Essex

|description= This fine Federalist house was the home of diplomat and United States Attorney General Caleb Cushing (1800–1879). Cushing is known for negotiating the 1844 Treaty of Wanghia, the first treaty between the United States and Qing China, and other diplomatic successes. The house now serves as the headquarters of the local historical society.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=73000327}}|title=NRHP nomination for Caleb Cushing House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-18}}

|refnum=73000327

}}

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|pos=32

|article=Reginald A. Daly House

|name=Reginald A. Daly House

|image=Reginald A. Daly House (Cambridge, MA).JPG

|alt=A large yellow 2 1/2 story colonial style house with white trim.

|date=1976-01-07

|address=Cambridge

|lat=42.3752

|lon=-71.1261

|county=Middlesex

|description= This Queen Anne style house was the longtime home of geologist and Harvard University professor Reginald Aldworth Daly (1871–1957). Daly was a pioneer in the application of physics and chemistry to the field of geology.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=76000305}}|title=NRHP nomination for Reginald A. Daly House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-18}}

|refnum=76000305

}}

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|pos=33

|article=William M. Davis House

|name=William M. Davis House

|image=CambridgeMA WilliamMorrisDavisHouse 2.jpg

|alt=A large brown 3 story colonial style house with white trim and black shutters.

|date=1976-01-07

|address=Cambridge

|lat=42.3785

|lon=-71.1120

|county=Middlesex

|description= This house was home to geologist and geographer William Morris Davis (1850–1934). Davis was a leading figure in the development of the study of geology, founding the Association of American Geographers and developing the first model of the cycle of erosion.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=76000306}}|title=NRHP nomination for William M. Davis House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-18}}{{cite web|url=http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/histphil/test/davis.html|title=William Morris Davis|publisher=Valparaiso University|access-date=2012-11-18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828220708/http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/histphil/test/davis.html|archive-date=2010-08-28}}

|refnum=76000306

}}

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|pos=34

|article=Derby Summer House

|name=Derby Summer House

|image=Derby Summer House - Glen Magna, Danvers, Massachusetts.JPG

|alt=A small, white. roughly square house. It is ornately decorated with statues at the top of the roof gable, worked pillar-like facings, and a gable end pediment with dentil molding. All of the trim is white except the shutters, which are black.

|date=1968-11-24

|address=Danvers

|lat=42.5732

|lon=-70.9662

|county=Essex

|description= This is a rare example of an 18th-century American garden house. Designed in the 1790s by Samuel McIntire, it resided on the estate of Salem merchant Elias Hasket Derby until 1901, when it was moved to the Endicott family's Glen Magna Farms country estate. The estate, now owned by the Danvers Historical Society, is open to the public.{{cite web|url=http://www.glenmagnafarms.org/history.html|title=History of Glen Magna Farms|publisher=Danvers Historical Society|access-date=2012-11-18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101134806/http://www.glenmagnafarms.org/history.html|archive-date=2012-11-01}}{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=777&ResourceType=Building|title=NHL summary listing for Derby Summerhouse|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606010007/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=777&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=2009-06-06}}

|refnum=68000020

|commonscat=Derby Summer House

}}

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|pos=35

|article=Emily Dickinson Home

|name=Emily Dickinson Home

|image=Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, MA - front.JPG

|alt=A yellow Federal style house with white trim and green shutters. The front of the house has a covered porch, but the main entrance is on the side of the house. It is protected by a small portico.

|date=1962-12-29

|address=Amherst

|lat=42.3761

|lon=-72.5145

|county=Hampshire

|description= This house was home of the reclusive poet Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) for most of her life. The house is now owned by Amherst College and is operated as a house museum.{{cite web|url=http://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/|title=Emily Dickinson Museum|publisher=Amherst College|access-date=2012-11-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924130444/http://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=246&ResourceType=Building |title=NHL summary listing for Emily Dickinson Home |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2012-11-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606155623/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=246&ResourceType=Building |archive-date=2009-06-06 }}

|refnum=66000363

|commonscat=Emily Dickinson Museum

}}

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|pos=36

|article=W.E.B. Dubois Boyhood Homesite

|name=W.E.B. Dubois Boyhood Homesite

|image=WEB DuBois Boyhood Home site, Great Barrington, MA.jpg

|alt=An open spot in some woods is covered with pine needles. An interpretive sign stands before the scene.

|date=1976-05-11

|address=Great Barrington

|lat=42.1783

|lon=-73.3936

|county=Berkshire

|description= This site contains all that remains of the childhood home of African American intellectual and activist W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963). The property, which belonged to his family for over 200 years, is seasonally open to the public.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/ma2.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121154334/http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/ma2.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 21, 2007|title=W. E. B. Du Bois Boyhood Home Site|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-18}}{{cite web|url=http://www.duboishomesite.org/|title=Dubois Homesite|publisher=Friends of the W. E. B. Du Bois Homesite|access-date=2012-11-18}}

|refnum=76000947

}}

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|type=NHL

|pos=37

|article=Mary Baker Eddy House (Lynn, Massachusetts)

|name=Mary Baker Eddy House

|image=8 Broad Street, Lynn, Massachusetts (Mary Baker Eddy).jpg

|date=2021-01-13

|address=Lynn

|lat=42.4640

|lon=-70.9351

|county=Essex

|description=Home of Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy between 1875-1882.

|refnum=100006275

|commonscat=Mary Baker Eddy House

}}

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|type=NHLD

|pos=38

|article=Elmwood (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

|name=Elmwood

|key=⁺

|image=Elmwood, Cambridge, Massachusetts.JPG

|alt=A yellow Federal style house is illuminated by sunlight. It is three stories, with the third story having smaller windows. There is a low railing running around the roof, and there is a covered porch off to the side.

|date=1962-12-29

|address=Cambridge

|lat=42.376

|lon=-71.1383

|county=Middlesex

|description= This 1760s Georgian house and estate was home to three historically important individuals: Massachusetts colonial Lieutenant Governor Thomas Oliver (who had the house built), Massachusetts Governor and US Vice President Elbridge Gerry, and poet James Russell Lowell, who gave the property its name. It now serves as the home of the Harvard University president.{{cite news|title=33 Elmwood|newspaper=The Harvard Crimson|date=October 14, 2001|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2001/10/14/33-elmwood-soon-after-assuming-office/|access-date=2012-11-18}}{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=66000364}}|title=NRHP nomination for Elmwood|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-18}}

|refnum=66000364

|commonscat=Elmwood (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

}}

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|pos=39

|article=Ralph Waldo Emerson Home

|name=Ralph Waldo Emerson Home

|image=Ralph Waldo Emerson House (Concord, MA).JPG

|alt=A white two story house, whose main section is square, although there is a wing extending off the back. There is a white fence with a gate across a gravel drive.

|date=1962-12-29

|address=Concord

|lat=42.4577

|lon=-71.3434

|county=Middlesex

|description= This house was purchased by writer, poet, and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) in 1835. It was where he wrote all of his major works, and was a major meeting point for Transcendentalists, including Bronson Alcott and Henry David Thoreau. It has been a house museum since 1930.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=66000365}}|title=NRHP nomination for Ralph Waldo Emerson House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-18}}

|refnum=66000365

|commonscat=Ralph Waldo Emerson House

}}

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|pos=40

|article=Ernestina (Schooner)

|name=Ernestina (schooner)

|image=Ernestina in plastic.jpg

|alt=In the foreground of this harbor scene is visible the plastic-wrapped top of a ship hull. The ship has two tall masts.

|date=1990-12-14

|address=New Bedford

|lat=41.6343

|lon=-70.9208

|county=Bristol

|description= Ernestina is the oldest surviving Grand Banks fishing schooner, and the only surviving 19th century fishing schooner built in Gloucester. Owned by the state and under the overall aegis of the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, she is in 2012 sidelined from her intended educational purpose by budget constraints and the need for repairs.{{cite web|url=http://www.ernestina.org/about/about-ernestina/history/|title=History of the Ernestina|publisher=Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Association|access-date=2012-11-18}}{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1888&ResourceType=Structure |title=NHL summary listing for Ernestina |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2012-11-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503151620/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1888&ResourceType=Structure |archive-date=2008-05-03 }}

|refnum=85000022

|commonscat=Ernestina (schooner)

}}

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|pos=41

|article=Fairbanks House (Dedham, Massachusetts)

|name=Fairbanks House

|image=Detroit Photographic Company (0385).jpg

|alt=This photograph, discolored by age, shows a large rambling house surrounded by trees.

|date=1960-10-09

|address=Dedham

|lat=42.2436

|lon=-71.1676

|county=Norfolk

|description= Continuously owned by a single family since its construction in the late 1630s, this is probably the oldest timber-frame house in North America. It is now operated by Fairbanks Family in America, Inc., as a house museum.{{cite web|url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/explorers/sitec25.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060529011841/http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/explorers/sitec25.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 29, 2006|title=Explorers and Settlers: Fairbanks House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-18}}

|refnum=66000367

|commonscat=Fairbanks House

}}

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|pos=42

|article=Reginald A. Fessenden House

|name=Reginald A. Fessenden House

|image=NewtonMA FessendenHouse front.jpg

|alt=A large white house, sided in stone or concrete, with tile roofing.

|date=1976-01-07

|address=Newton

|lat=42.3404

|lon=-71.1712

|county=Middlesex

|description= Reginald Fessenden (1866–1932) was an inventor who worked for a time in Thomas Edison's workshop. His most notable inventions made possible the transmission of audio sounds via radio waves, and included many other radio-related innovations. This house was his last home; he was described in memoriam as "the greatest wireless inventor of the age".{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=76000950}}|title=NRHP nomination for Reginald A. Fessenden House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-18}}

|refnum=76000950

|commonscat=Reginald A. Fessenden House

}}

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|pos=43

|article=First Church of Christ, Unitarian

|name=First Church Of Christ, Lancaster

|image=Bullfinch Church Lancaster.jpg

|alt=The front of a brick church with white trim. There are three arched openings, lined on each side with white pillar-like facings. The tower has a pillared section in which the church bell is visible, and it is topped by a cupola and a weathervane.

|date=1970-12-30

|address=Lancaster

|lat=42.4552

|lon=-71.6741

|county=Worcester

|description= One of the finest churches designed by architect Charles Bulfinch, this building was constructed in 1816 and is occupied by a congregation whose history dates to 1653.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=70000897}}|title=NRHP nomination for First Church of Christ, Lancaster|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-18}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.firstchurchlancasterma.org/|title=First Church of Christ Unitarian|publisher=First Church of Christ Unitarian|access-date=2012-11-18}}

|refnum=70000897

|commonscat=First Church of Christ, Lancaster

}}

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|pos=44

|article=Flying Horses Carousel

|name=Flying Horses Carousel

|image=flying horses carousel.JPG

|alt=A wooden carousel with colorfully painted horses stands behind a white fence. There are parents and children on the carousel.

|date=1987-02-27

|address=Oak Bluffs

|lat=41.4574

|lon=-70.5571

|county=Dukes

|description= This carousel, one of two extant examples of the work of the Charles F. W. Dare Company, is the oldest operating platform carousel in the nation, and may be the oldest of any type (the Flying Horse Carousel of Watch Hill, Rhode Island, also built by the Dare Company, is possibly older).{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=79000342}}|title=NRHP nomination for Flying Horses Carousel|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-18}}

|refnum=79000342

|commonscat=Flying Horses Carousel

}}

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|pos=45

|article=Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House

|name=Capt. R.B. Forbes House

|image=Robert B Forbes House Milton MA.jpg

|alt=A white house with dark trim, including decorative elements. The house has three stories, and there is an octagonal element protruding above the top floor.

|date=1966-11-13

|address=Milton

|lat=42.2646

|lon=-71.0652

|county=Norfolk

|description= Designed by Isaiah Rogers, this 1833 Greek Revival house was built by ship captain and China Trade merchant Robert Bennet Forbes and his siblings for their mother. Furnished and decorated with acquisitions Forbes made in China, it is now a house museum.{{cite web|url=http://www.forbeshousemuseum.org/history.html|title=Forbes House Museum History|publisher=Forbes House Museum|access-date=2012-11-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130108030323/http://www.forbeshousemuseum.org/history.html|archive-date=2013-01-08}}{{cite web|url=http://www.forbeshousemuseum.org/about.html|title=About the Forbes House Museum|publisher=Forbes House Museum|access-date=2012-11-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130108025454/http://www.forbeshousemuseum.org/about.html|archive-date=2013-01-08}}

|refnum=66000651

|commonscat=Robert Bennet Forbes House

}}

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|type=NHLD

|pos=46

|article=Chesterwood (Massachusetts)

|name=Daniel Chester French Home and Studio

|key=⁺

|image=Chesterwood (Stockbridge, MA) - house.JPG

|alt=A large gray stucco house with white trim and green shutters. A low stone wall frames garden plantings around a patio in front of the house.

|date=1965-12-21

|address=Stockbridge

|lat=42.2851

|lon=-73.3518

|county=Berkshire

|description= Better known as Chesterwood, this was the summer home and studio of sculptor Daniel Chester French (1850–1931) from 1891 until his death. The estate was designed by French's collaborator Henry Bacon, and is now owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. It is open to the public on a seasonal basis.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=481&ResourceType=District |title=NHL summary listing for Daniel Chester French Home and Studio |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2012-11-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008090930/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=481&ResourceType=District |archive-date=2012-10-08 }}{{cite web|url=http://chesterwood.org/hours/|title=Chesterwood House|publisher=National Trust for Historic Preservation|access-date=2012-11-19}}

|refnum=66000652

|commonscat=Chesterwood

}}

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|type=NHLD

|pos=47

|article=Fruitlands (transcendental center)

|name=Fruitlands

|key=⁺

|image=Fruitlands-farmhouse.jpg

|alt=A red colonial house with a large central chimney stands at the end of a dirt path. A second building is connected near one corner, in front of which is a covered porch with benches.

|date=1974-05-30

|address=Harvard

|lat=42.5076

|lon=-71.6126

|county=Worcester

|description= Fruitlands was the site of a short-lived (1843–1844) Transcendentalist utopian community founded by Amos Bronson Alcott.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1480&ResourceType=District|title=NHL summary listing for Fruitlands|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726052909/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1480&ResourceType=District|archive-date=2014-07-26}} The property was acquired by preservationist Clara Endicott Sears in 1910 and opened as the Fruitlands Museum four years later.Felton, R. Todd. A Journey into the Transcendentalists' New England. Berkeley, California: Roaring Forties Press, 2006: 133. {{ISBN|0-9766706-4-X}}

|refnum=74001761

|commonscat=Fruitlands

}}

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|pos=48

|article=Margaret Fuller House

|name=Margaret Fuller House

|image=MargaretFullerHouseJuly2008.jpg

|alt=A three story yellow house with white trim, whose side faces the street. The porticoed entrance is behind a hedge.

|date=1974-05-30

|address=Cambridge

|lat=42.3644

|lon=-71.0974

|county=Middlesex

|description= This was the birthplace and childhood home of Transcendentalist and feminist Margaret Fuller (1810–1850). Her Woman in the Nineteenth Century is one of the earliest statements of feminist thought.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1133&ResourceType=Building|title=NHL summary listing for Margaret Fuller House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726040040/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1133&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=2014-07-26}}Gura, Philip F. American Transcendentalism: A History. New York: Hill and Wang, 2007: 156. {{ISBN|0-8090-3477-8}}

|refnum=71000686

|commonscat=Margaret Fuller House

}}

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|pos=49

|article=Gardner-Pingree House

|name=Gardner-Pingree House

|image=SalemMA GardnerPingreeHouse 1.jpg

|alt=A three story brick house with white trim and black shutters. A wrought iron fence surrounds the front yard, and there is a low railing surrounding the roof.

|date=1970-12-30

|address=Salem

|lat=42.5223

|lon=-70.8911

|county=Essex

|description= Salem merchant John Gardner had this Federalist-style house built in 1804–05 by Samuel McIntire.{{cite web|url=http://pem.org/visit/historic_houses|title=PEM Historic Houses|publisher=Peabody Essex Museum|access-date=2012-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018012910/http://pem.org/visit/historic_houses|archive-date=2012-10-18|url-status=dead}} It was the site of a notorious murder in 1841 that inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.{{cite web|url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/A-Murder-in-Salem.html?c=y&page=7|title=A Murder in Salem|publisher=Smithsonian Magazine|date=November 2010|access-date=2011-11-19}} It is now owned by the Peabody Essex Museum, which offers guided tours.{{cite web|url=http://pem.org/visit/tours|title=PEM: Daily Tours|publisher=Peabody Essex Museum|access-date=2012-11-19}}

|refnum=70000541

|commonscat=Gardner-Pingree House

}}

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|pos=50

|article=General John Glover House

|name=General John Glover House

|image=John Glover House.JPG

|alt=The front of a two story gray house with white trim. The front and side doors are red.

|date=1972-11-28

|address=Marblehead

|lat=42.5047

|lon=-70.8470

|county=Essex

|description= John Glover (1732–97) had this simple frame house built in 1762, and occupied until 1782.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1262&ResourceType=Building|title=NHL summary listing for General John Glover House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002123621/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1262&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=2012-10-02}} Glover, a wealthy Marblehead merchant, was an important military figure in the American Revolutionary War, leading the Marblehead Regiment early in the war as well as leading early efforts to establish the Continental Navy.{{cite book|last=Sanborn|first=Nathaniel|title=Gen. John Glover and his Marblehead Regiment in the Revolutionary War|url=https://archive.org/details/genjohngloveran00sanbgoog|publisher=Marblehead Historical Society|year=1903|location=Marblehead, MA|pages=[https://archive.org/details/genjohngloveran00sanbgoog/page/n16 6]–46}}

|refnum=72001101

|commonscat=John Glover House

}}

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|pos=51

|article=Goddard Rocket Launching Site

|name=Goddard Rocket Launching Site

|image=Goddard and Rocket.jpg

|alt=This black and white photo shows Robert Goddard standing next to a frame in which a small (three to four foot) rocket is mounted. It is winter, and open snow-covered fields are in the background.

|date=1966-11-13

|address=Auburn

|lat=42.2165

|lon=-71.8127

|county=Worcester

|description= This site, located on a local golf course, is where rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket in 1926.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=483&ResourceType=Site |title=NHL summary listing for Goddard Rocket Launching Site |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2012-11-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070728055839/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=483&ResourceType=Site |archive-date=2007-07-28 }} The actual launch site is marked by a granite obelisk.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=66000654}}|title=NRHP nomination for Goddard Rocket Launching Site|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-19}}

|refnum=66000654

|commonscat=Goddard Rocket Launching Site

}}

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|pos=52

|article=Gore Place

|name=Gore Place

|image=Gore Place, Waltham, Massachusetts - lawn side exterior.JPG

|alt=A large brick mansion. The central rectangle of the house has large windows with rounded tops. Wings nearly the width of the central structure extend to either side.

|date=1970-12-30

|address=Waltham

|lat=42.3733

|lon=-71.2124

|county=Middlesex

|description= A remnant of an estate that was once much larger, Gore Place preserves an excellent Federalist mansion built in 1806 for Christopher Gore, a Massachusetts governor and United States senator. The mansion was saved from destruction in 1935, and is now open to the public as a house museum.{{cite web|url=http://www.goreplace.org/history.htm|title=History of Gore Place|publisher=Gore Place Society|access-date=2012-11-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717055412/http://www.goreplace.org/history.htm|archive-date=2012-07-17}}

|refnum=70000542

|commonscat=Gore Place

}}

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|pos=53

|article=John B. Gough House

|name=John B. Gough House

|image=John B. Gough House.jpg

|alt=A square white house with a porch in front and an added ell behind. A sign in front reads "Hillside" in large letters and "John B. Gough" in smaller letters.

|date=1974-05-30

|address=Boylston

|lat=42.3254

|lon=-71.7540

|county=Worcester

|description= This Italianate house, also known as "Hillside", was the home of orator John B. Gough (1817–86), a leading figure of the 19th century temperance movement. The estate, owned by the town of Boylston, is undergoing a lengthy restoration and conservation process.{{Cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1481&ResourceType=Building|title=NHL summary listing for John B. Gough House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002123850/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1481&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=2012-10-02}}{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2012/09/29/apple-pies-help-hillside-restoration/c7OKunLB44jRfzxZHE1htN/story.html|title=Apple pies to help Hillside restoration|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=September 29, 2012|access-date=2012-11-19}}

|refnum=74001763

}}

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|pos=54

|article=Asa Gray House

|name=Asa Gray House

|image=Asa Gray House, Cambridge, Massachusetts.JPG

|alt=A gray two story house with white trim surrounding black-framed windows. The front door is sheltered by a small pillared porch, and there is a balustered railing around the roof.

|date=1965-01-12

|address=Cambridge

|lat=42.3832

|lon=-71.1280

|county=Middlesex

|description= This Federalist house, designed by Ithiel Town and built in 1810, most notably served as the longtime home of botanist and Harvard professor Asa Gray (1810–1888). Gray was one of the most important botanists of the 19th century, publishing works still referenced today and defending Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=66000655}}|title=NRHP nomination for Asa Gray House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-19}}

|refnum=66000655

|commonscat=Garden House (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

}}

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|pos=55

|article=Gropius House

|name=Gropius House

|image=Gropius House, Lincoln, Massachusetts - View from Side Rear.JPG

|alt=A strongly rectangular modern two story house. The exterior is brick, white tongue-in-groove vertical siding, and large glass windows. A tree and mortared stone wall stand in front of the house.

|date=2000-05-16

|address=Lincoln

|lat=42.4269

|lon=-71.3269

|county=Middlesex

|description= Bauhaus architect Walter Gropius designed this house in 1937 as a personal expression of Modernism, living in it until his death in 1969. Owned by Historic New England and operated as a house museum, it contains the most important collection of Bauhaus artifacts outside Germany.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-1653498127&ResourceType=Building|title=NHL summary listing for Gropius House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009143406/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-1653498127&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=2012-10-09}}{{cite web|url=http://www.historicnewengland.org/historic-properties/homes/Gropius%20House|title=Gropius House|publisher=Historic New England|access-date=2012-11-19}}

|refnum=00000709

|commonscat=Gropius House

}}

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|type=NHLD

|pos=56

|article=H. H. Richardson Historic District of North Easton

|name=H. H. Richardson Historic District of North Easton

|key=⁺

|image=Ames Gate Lodge (North Easton, MA) - general view.JPG

|alt=The exterior of this gate house is made of rough stone and finished brownstone. It has a tile roof, in which two low eye windows are built. A road lined with rough stone walls passes through an arch in the structure.

|date=1987-12-23

|address=North Easton

|lat=42.0670

|lon=-71.1047

|county=Bristol

|description= This landmark district contains five buildings in Easton designed by architect H. H. Richardson and landscaped by Frederick Law Olmsted, primarily through the efforts of the wealthy Ames family: Oakes Ames Memorial Hall, the Ames Free Library, the Old Colony Railroad Station, and two nearby structures on the Langwater estate of Frederick Lothrop Ames.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=87002598}}|title=NRHP nomination for H. H. Richardson Historic District of North Easton|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-19}}

|refnum=87002598

|commonscat=H.H. Richardson Historic District of North Easton

}}

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|pos=57

|article=Hamilton Hall (Salem, Massachusetts)

|name=Hamilton Hall

|image=Hamilton Hall (Salem).jpg

|alt=A large rectangular two story hall made of brick. The long side has five large windows topped with a rounded window section, while the short side has more conventionally sized windows.

|date=1970-12-30

|address=Salem

|lat=42.5196

|lon=-70.8994

|county=Essex

|description= Named for Federalist Party leader Alexander Hamilton, this 1805 building was designed by Samuel McIntire to serve Salem's Federalist Party activities. It has been described as "one of the most outstanding Federal-era public buildings" in the nation.{{cite web|url=https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=sal.1126|title=NRHP nomination for Hamilton Hall|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|access-date=2012-11-19}}

|refnum=70000543

|commonscat=Hamilton Hall, Salem

}}

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|pos=58

|article=Hancock–Clarke House

|name=Hancock–Clarke House

|image=Hancock-Clarke House Lexington Massachusetts.jpg

|alt=A brown two story colonial wood frame house, with an addition added on the back.

|date=1971-07-17

|address=Lexington

|lat=42.4535

|lon=-71.2284

|county=Middlesex

|description= This 1737 house was the boyhood home of Revolutionary leader John Hancock, and was where he and Samuel Adams hid from British authorities at the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War.{{cite web|url=https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=lex.119|title=NRHP nomination for Hancock-Clarke House|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|access-date=2012-11-19}} It is now owned by the Lexington Historical Society, and is seasonally open to the public.{{cite web|url=http://lhsoc.weebly.com/hancock-clarke-house.html|title=Hancock-Clarke House|publisher=Lexington Historical Society|access-date=2012-11-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618230858/http://lhsoc.weebly.com/hancock-clarke-house.html|archive-date=2012-06-18}}

|refnum=71000895

|commonscat=Hancock-Clarke House

}}

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|type=NHLD

|pos=59

|article=Hancock Shaker Village

|name=Hancock Shaker Village

|key=⁺

|image=Round Stone Barn with "House form" in the foreground.jpg

|alt=This color photo shows a round barn made of fieldstone. It is topped by a mustard yellow wood frame multi-sided section that is smaller, and then a small turret.

|date=1968-10-18

|address=Hancock and Pittsfield

|lat=42.43

|lon=-73.339

|county=Berkshire

|description= This Shaker village was established in 1791 and lasted until 1960, after which it became a living history museum. It is noted for its distinctive round barn, built in 1826.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/shaker/han.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107063832/http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/shaker/han.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 7, 2007|title=Shaker Historic Trail: Hancock Shaker Village|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-19}}{{cite web|url=https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=han.b|title=NRHP nomination for Hancock Shaker Village|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|access-date=2012-11-19}}

|refnum=68000037

|commonscat=Hancock Shaker Village

}}

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|pos=60

|article=Oliver Hastings House

|name=Oliver Hastings House

|image=Oliver Hastings House (Cambridge, MA).JPG

|alt=A white two story house with black shutters. Windows on both floors extend from floor to ceiling. The central portion of the house has a protruding rounded porch, supported by white fluted pillars below, and decorated on the second floor with wrought iron railings.

|date=1970-12-30

|address=Cambridge

|lat=42.3763

|lon=-71.1257

|county=Middlesex

|description= This Greek Revival house was built in 1844 as the home of Cambridge businessman Oliver Hastings (1791–1879). Although nearby resident Charles Sanders Peirce considered it "ugly", the building is recognized for its elegant curved bays and elaborate wrought iron balcony railings.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=994&ResourceType=Building|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121214014423/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=994&ResourceType=Building|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 14, 2012|title=NHL summary listing for Oliver Hastings House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-20}}{{cite book|last=de Waal|first=Cornelis|author2=Peirce, Charles S |title=Writings of Charles S. Peirce, Vol. 8|page=374|year=2010|publisher=Indiana University Press|location=Bloomington, IN}}

|refnum=70000681

|commonscat=Oliver Hastings House

}}

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|pos=61

|article=Oliver Wendell Holmes House

|name=Oliver Wendell Holmes House

|image=BeverlyMA OliverWendellHolmesHouse.jpg

|alt=A rambling gray and white colonial house with a porch sheltering the main entrance on the side of the house.

|date=1972-11-28

|address=Beverly

|lat=42.5640

|lon=-70.8068

|county=Essex

|description= This 1877 frame house was the summer home of United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841–1935). Holmes is known for his longevity on the bench, and his opinions on freedom of speech.{{cite book|author=Beverly Historical Society|title=Bevery Revisited|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|page=70|location=Charleston, SC|year=2010|isbn=9780738573588|oclc=639158709}}{{cite book|last=White|first=Edward|title=Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr|pages=107–109|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York|year=2005|isbn=9780195305364|oclc=163834852}}

|refnum=72001301

|commonscat=Oliver Wendell Holmes House

}}

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|type=NHLD

|pos=62

|article=House of the Seven Gables

|name=House of the Seven Gables

|key=⁺

|image=House of the Seven Gables (front angle) - Salem, Massachusetts.jpg

|alt=A large many-gabled brown house with a flower garden in front.

|date=2007-03-29

|address=Salem

|lat=42.5219

|lon=-70.8847

|county=Essex

|description= Best known for its association with Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel of the same name, this 1668 house was also a key early preservation effort, successfully restored in the early 20th century by historian and preservationist Joseph Everett Chandler. The district, which includes several other historical buildings, has been operated ever since as a history museum.{{cite web|url=https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=sal.hy|title=NRHP nomination for House of Seven Gables District|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|access-date=2012-11-20}}

|refnum=73000323

|commonscat=House of the Seven Gables

}}

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|type=NHLD

|pos=63

|article=Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival

|name=Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival

|key=⁺

|image=Ted Shawn Theatre.jpg

|alt=An outdoor stage without any wings or backing. It is nearly dark, the stage is illuminated. Dancers on the stage are arranged in a grid, on their knees with their hands in the air. Behind the stage hills are visible.

|date=2003-05-27

|address=Becket

|lat=42.2644

|lon=-73.1181

|county=Berkshire

|description= Jacob's Pillow was founded in 1931 by Ted Shawn as a place to develop an all-male dance company. It has since trained generations of dance professionals of all types, and continues to stage productions every summer.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1055243020&ResourceType=District|title=NHL summary listing for Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-20|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212012059/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1055243020&ResourceType=District|archive-date=2012-02-12}}

|refnum=03000644, 00001458

}}

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|pos=64

|article=Nathan and Mary (Polly) Johnson properties

|name=Nathan and Mary (Polly) Johnson properties

|image=Johnson Properties, New Bedford, MA.jpg

|alt=Two houses stand near the street, with no front yard. The left house is a two story white colonial, and the right one is also a two story colonial, painted yellow.

|date=2000-02-16

|address=New Bedford

|lat=41.633

|lon=-70.9286

|county=Bristol

|description= These buildings, now housing the New Bedford Historical Society, belonged to a free African-American couple active in the abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad. They notably took in activist Frederick Douglass after his escape from slavery.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-590037232&ResourceType=Building |title=NHL summary listing for Nathan and Mary (Polly) Johnson Properties |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2012-11-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002124046/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-590037232&ResourceType=Building |archive-date=2012-10-02 }}

|refnum=00000260

}}

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|pos=65

|article=USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.

|name=USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (destroyer)

|image=USS Kennedy.JPG

|alt=A gray battleship, with the number 850 painted large on its bow, is tied up to a dock.

|date=1989-06-29

|address=Fall River

|lat=41.7057

|lon=-71.1631

|county=Bristol

|description= The only surviving United States Navy {{Sclass|Gearing|destroyer}}, this vessel is named for Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (the brother of future President John F. Kennedy) who was killed in action during World War II.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=76000231}}|title=NRHP nomination for USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-20}} It is on display at Fall River's Battleship Cove.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1596&ResourceType=Structure|title=NHL summary listing for USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (destroyer)|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-20|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114021125/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1596&ResourceType=Structure|archive-date=2009-01-14}}

|refnum=76000231

|commonscat=USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (DD-850)

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|type=NHLD

|pos=66

|article=Kennedy Compound

|name=Kennedy Compound

|key=⁺

|image=Kennedy-compound-nat-park-serv.jpg

|alt=A large white house with three large gables and a porch running for much of its width stands before an expansive lawn and curved drive.

|date=1972-11-28

|address=Hyannis Port

|lat=41.6305

|lon=-70.3032

|county=Barnstable

|description= This compound consists of three residences, each belonging at some point to Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., diplomat and patriarch of the politically influential Kennedy family, or one of his sons: President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and Senator Edward M. Kennedy.{{cite web|url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/Presidents/site30.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040427191611/http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/presidents/site30.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 27, 2004|title=The Presidents of the United States: Kennedy Compound|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-20}}

|refnum=72001302

|commonscat=Kennedy Compound

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|type=NHS

|pos=67

|article=John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

|name=John F. Kennedy Birthplace

|key=^*

|image=BrooklineMA JFKHouse.jpg

|alt=A gray two and one half story house stands on a tree-lined street. There is a porch covering the middle half of the front, sheltering the front door.

|date=1964-07-19

|address=Brookline

|lat=42.3470

|lon=-71.1233

|county=Norfolk

|description= Now a National Historic Site, this modest suburban house was the birthplace and childhood home of President John F. Kennedy (1917–1963).{{cite web|url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/Presidents/site31.htm |title=The Presidents of the United States: Kennedy Historic Site |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2012-11-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012024419/http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/Presidents/site31.htm |archive-date=2012-10-12 }}

|refnum=67000001

|commonscat=John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=68

|article=Jeremiah Lee House

|name=Jeremiah Lee House

|image=Jeremiah Lee Mansion - Marblehead, MA.JPG

|alt=This gray three story mansion is topped by a small windowed turret.

|date=1960-10-09

|address=Marblehead

|lat=42.5036

|lon=-70.8513

|county=Essex

|description= Jeremiah Lee was the wealthiest merchant in Massachusetts in the 1760s, when he had this Georgian mansion built. The mansion is in a remarkable state of preservation, and is operated by the local historical society as a house museum.{{cite web|url=http://www.marbleheadmuseum.org/LeeMansion.htm|title=Lee Mansion|publisher=Marblehead Historical Society|access-date=2012-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823050823/http://www.marbleheadmuseum.org/LeeMansion.htm|archive-date=2010-08-23|url-status=dead}}

|refnum=66000766

|commonscat=Jeremiah Lee Mansion

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=69

|article=Lexington Green

|name=Lexington Green

|image=Minute Man Statue Lexington Massachusetts.jpg

|alt=A weathered green statue is mounted on a rough stone pedestal in front of some trees. The statue is of a man holding a long gun.

|date=1961-01-20

|address=Lexington

|lat=42.4495

|lon=-71.231

|county=Middlesex

|description= Lexington's town common, it was here that opening skirmish of the American Revolutionary War took place on April 19, 1775.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=576&ResourceType=Site|title=NHL summary listing for Lexington Green|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-20|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726035736/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=576&ResourceType=Site|archive-date=2014-07-26}}

|refnum=66000767

|commonscat=Lexington Battle Green

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=70

|article=Liberty Farm

|name=Liberty Farm

|image=WorcesterMA LibertyFarm.jpg

|alt=A brick house is framed by trees. A wooden two story addition on one side is painted white and has many windows. Otherwise the house trim is white with black shutters.

|date=1974-05-30

|address=Worcester

|lat=42.2803

|lon=-71.8595

|county=Worcester

|description= This house belonged to abolitionists and suffragists Abby Kelley Foster (1811–1887) and Stephen Symonds Foster (1809–1881), and was used by them as a site on the Underground Railroad. The property also featured prominently in the Fosters' refusal to pay property taxes because she was unable to vote.{{cite web|url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/pwwmh/ma42.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981206081105/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/pwwmh/ma42.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 6, 1998|title=Liberty Farms|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-23}}

|refnum=74002046

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=71

|article=General Benjamin Lincoln House

|name=General Benjamin Lincoln House

|image=GeneralBenjaminLincolnHouse.jpg

|alt=A blue colonial two story house with black shutters. Over the front door is a flag pole holding an American flag.

|date=1972-11-28

|address=Hingham

|lat=42.243

|lon=-70.8924

|county=Plymouth

|description= This well-preserved 18th-century house was the birthplace and lifelong home of Revolutionary War General and Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Benjamin Lincoln (1733–1810). The house, which is not open to the public, remains in Lincoln family hands.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=72001303}}|title=NRHP nomination for General Benjamin Lincoln House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-23}}

|refnum=72001303

|commonscat=General Benjamin Lincoln House

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=72

|article=USS Lionfish (SS-298)

|name=USS Lionfish (submarine)

|image=USS Lionfish (SS-298).jpg

|alt=A long low-slung naval ship is entering a dock. Its deck is lined with sailors.

|date=1986-01-14

|address=Fall River

|lat=41.7050

|lon=-71.162

|county=Bristol

|description= An intact {{Sclass|Balao|submarine}}, USS Lionfish served two tours of duty in the Pacific during World War II and served as a training vessel before being decommissioned and placed on display at Battleship Cove.{{cite web|url=http://www.hnsa.org/ships/lionfish.htm|title=USS Lionfish (SS-298)|publisher=Historic Naval Ships Association|access-date=2012-11-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916114056/http://www.hnsa.org/ships/lionfish.htm|archive-date=2012-09-16}}

|refnum=76002270

|commonscat=USS Lionfish (SS-298)

}}

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|pos=73

|article=Arthur D. Little Inc., Building

|name=Arthur D. Little Inc., Building

|image=Arthur D Little Building.jpg

|alt=An office building made of light brick with large colonial-style windows stands in front of taller, more modern looking office buildings.

|date=1976-12-08

|address=Cambridge

|lat=42.3612

|lon=-71.0822

|county=Middlesex

|description= This unremarkable 1917 office building was the site of the nation's first successful independent consulting laboratory, Arthur D. Little. The company pioneered the idea of commercial laboratories as independent, profit-making businesses.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=76001970}}|title=NRHP nomination for Arthur D. Little, Inc. Building|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-23}}

|refnum=76001970

|commonscat=Arthur D. Little Building

}}

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|pos=74

|article=Henry Cabot Lodge House

|name=Henry Cabot Lodge Residence

|image=Henry Cabot Lodge House, Nahant MA.jpg

|alt=A roughly square house with porches wrapped around all sides. Its yard has trees with no leaves on them.

|date=1976-12-08

|address=Nahant

|lat=42.4213

|lon=-70.9106

|county=Essex

|description= Henry Cabot Lodge (1850–1924) was a lifelong resident of this house. Lodge, as United States Senator from Massachusetts, was a critical voice in foreign policy debates of the early 20th century; he supported a wider role for the United States on the world stage, but led the opposition to ratification of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=76001971}}|title=NRHP nomination for Henry Cabot Lodge House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-23}}

|refnum=76001971

}}

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|type=NHS

|pos=75

|article=Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

|name=Longfellow House

|key=^*

|image=Longfellow National Historic Site, Cambridge, Massachusetts.JPG

|alt=A large yellow house with white trim and black shutters. The front door is flanked by pillar-like decorative molding, and is sheltered by a small porch. The roof is ringed by a low railing.

|date=1962-12-29

|address=Cambridge

|lat=42.3764

|lon=-71.1262

|county=Middlesex

|description= This 1759 Georgian house was used by George Washington as his residence during the 1775–76 Siege of Boston. In the 19th century it was purchased for poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) by his father-in-law, and is where Longfellow wrote many of his best-known works.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=66000049}}|title=NRHP nomination for Craigie-Longfellow House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-23}}

|refnum=66000049

|commonscat=Longfellow National Historic Site

}}

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|type=NHLD

|pos=76

|article=Lowell Locks and Canals Historic District

|name=Lowell Locks and Canals Historic District

|key=⁺

|image=Canal system in Lowell, Massachusetts.jpg

|alt=A map of Lowell depicts its canal system. The Pawtucket Canal extends east from the Pawtucket Dam on the Merrimack River, then splits into several smaller canals, three of which empty into the Concord River just above its mouth on the Merrimack. A fourth branch of the main canal meets the Northern Canal, which also runs eastward from the dam, but further north than the main canal. It empties into the Merrimack. The canals are lined with mill buildings.

|date=1977-12-22

|address=Lowell

|lat=42.6456

|lon=-71.32

|county=Middlesex

|description= Lowell was the nation's first major industrialized city. Its system of canals and waterworks was constructed between 1794 and 1848. Most of these were built to power the large number of industries that sprang up in Lowell during the early years of the American Industrial Revolution, and remain in remarkable condition despite their age.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=76001972}}|title=NRHP nomination for Lowell Locks and Canals|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-23}}

|refnum=76001972

|commonscat=Lowell Canal System

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=77

|article=Lowell's Boat Shop

|name=Lowell's Boat Shop

|image=Lowell's Boat Shop on the Merrimack River.JPG

|alt=Three bright red buildings stand across the river from the photographer; one of them has a sign saying "Lowell's Boat Shop".

|date=1990-06-21

|address=Amesbury

|lat=42.8420

|lon=-70.9136

|county=Essex

|description= Founded in 1793, this boatshop has been in continuous business ever since; it is where founder Simeon Lowell developed the stackable dory. The present buildings date from the 1860s.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2036&ResourceType=Building |title=NHL summary listing for Lowell's Boat House |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2012-11-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002123945/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2036&ResourceType=Building |archive-date=2012-10-02 }}

|refnum=88000706

|commonscat=Lowell's Boat Shop

}}

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|pos=78

|article=Luna (Tugboat)

|name=Luna (tugboat)

|image=Tugboat Luna 1.jpg

|date=1989-04-11

|address=Chelsea

|lat=42.386409

|lon=-71.041735

|county=Suffolk

|description= The Luna, built in 1930, is the last surviving full-sized wooden ship-docking tug on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of the United States. She was the world's first diesel-electric tugboat built for commercial service, and was a showpiece for Thomas Alva Edison's General Electric Corporation. In October 2015 she was docked in Chelsea, Massachusetts.

|refnum=83004099

|commonscat=Luna (tugboat)

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=79

|article=USS Massachusetts (BB-59)

|name=USS Massachusetts (battleship)

|image=Uss massachusetts bb.jpg

|alt=A battleship sails on calm waters with land in the background.

|date=1986-01-14

|address=Fall River

|lat=41.7067

|lon=-71.1630

|county=Bristol

|description= One of two surviving United States Navy {{Sclass|South Dakota|battleship (1939)|0}} battleships, Massachusetts saw action in World War II, winning 11 battle stars. She is on display at Battleship Cove.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1709&ResourceType=Structure|title=NHL summary listing for USS Massachusetts|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010212401/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1709&ResourceType=Structure|archive-date=2012-10-10}}

|refnum=76002269

|commonscat=USS Massachusetts (BB-59)

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=80

|article=Massachusetts Hall, Harvard University

|name=Massachusetts Hall, Harvard University

|image=Massachusetts Hall, Harvard University.JPG

|alt=A large brick building with 6 chimneys. It is 12 windows wide and four deep; there are two doors on the front and one on the side.

|date=1960-10-09

|address=Cambridge

|lat=42.3745

|lon=-71.1183

|county=Middlesex

|description= This building, now housing administrative offices and a freshman dormitory, is the oldest surviving building (1718–1720) on the campus of Harvard University, and the second oldest academic building in the nation.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=578&ResourceType=Building|title=NHL summary listing for Massachusetts Hall|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621035126/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=578&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=2008-06-21}}{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=66000769}}|title=NRHP nomination for Massachusetts Hall|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-25}}

|refnum=66000769

|commonscat=Massachusetts Hall, Harvard University

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=81

|article=Memorial Hall, Harvard University

|name=Memorial Hall, Harvard University

|image=Memorial Hall (Harvard University) - general view.JPG

|alt=An ornately decorated brick and stone building with a multicolored slate roof. It is two stories, but has a very steep roof that almost doubles the building's height, and there is a tower rising even higher. Turrets flank the main doorway, above which is a stained glass window.

|date=1970-12-30

|address=Cambridge

|lat=42.3761

|lon=-71.1151

|county=Middlesex

|description= Designed by William Robert Ware and Henry Van Brunt, this High Gothic hall was built in the 1870s as Harvard University's memorial to its fallen in the American Civil War. Its amenities include Annenberg Hall (a dining hall) and Sanders Theater, a performance space.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=70000685}}|title=NRHP nomination for Memorial Hall|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-25}}

|refnum=70000685

|commonscat=Memorial Hall, Harvard University

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=82

|article=George R. Minot House

|name=George R. Minot House

|image=BrooklineMA GeorgeRMinotHouse 2.jpg

|alt=A brick house sitting on a large property is partially obscured by trees.

|date=1976-01-07

|address=Brookline

|lat=42.3183

|lon=-71.1373

|county=Norfolk

|description= George R. Minot (1885–1950) was awarded a Nobel Prize for his work finding a treatment for pernicious anemia, then a fatal disease. This 1920s suburban house was his home from 1929 until his death.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=76001976}}|title=NRHP nomination for George R. Minot House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-25}}

|refnum=76001976

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=83

|article=Mission House (Stockbridge, Massachusetts)

|name=Mission House

|image=Mission House (Stockbridge, Massachusetts).JPG

|alt=A woodframe colonial house with plain wooden siding and a wooden roof is framed by trees behind and garden plantings in front.

|date=1968-10-18

|address=Stockbridge

|lat=42.2832

|lon=-73.3159

|county=Berkshire

|description= This house was built in c. 1742 by Reverend John Sergeant, the first Christian missionary to the Stockbridge Indians. It is now owned and operated by The Trustees of Reservations as a house museum.{{cite web|url=http://www.thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/berkshires/mission-house.html|title=The Mission House|publisher=The Trustees of Reservations|access-date=2012-11-25}}

|refnum=68000038

|commonscat=Mission House (Stockbridge, Massachusetts)

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=84

|article=The Mount (Lenox, Massachusetts)

|name=The Mount (Edith Wharton Estate)

|image=The Mount from the Flower Garden by David Dashiell.jpg

|alt=A white mansion house stands in a garden. A terraced lawn separates the house from a fountain with a pool fringed by white plants.

|date=1971-11-11

|address=Lenox

|lat=42.3311

|lon=-73.282

|county=Berkshire

|description= Designed by writer Edith Wharton (1862–1937) and built in 1902, The Mount is where she wrote the bestselling novel The House of Mirth. It is now a house museum.{{cite web|url=http://www.edithwharton.org/index.php?catId=11&subCatId=4|title=About Edith Wharton Restoration|publisher=Edith Wharton Restoration|access-date=2012-11-25}}{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1161&ResourceType=Building|title=NHL summary listing for The Mount|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726045412/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1161&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=2014-07-26}}

|refnum=71000900

|commonscat=The Mount, Lenox, Massachusetts

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|type=NHLD

|pos=85

|article=Mount Auburn Cemetery

|name=Mount Auburn Cemetery

|key=⁺

|image=Mount Auburn Cemeter - Misc View.JPG

|alt=A wooded cemetery view with headstones and other memorials. A road is visible in the distance.

|date=2003-05-27

|address=Cambridge

|lat=42.3706

|lon=-71.1458

|county=Middlesex

|description= In an effort spearheaded by Dr. Jacob Bigelow, Mount Auburn Cemetery was laid out by Henry A. S. Dearborn in 1831 as "America's first garden cemetery". In addition to being the burial place of many famous Bostonians, it is known for its horticulture and as a birdwatching destination.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=75000254}}|title=NRHP nomination for Mount Auburn Cemetery|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-25}}

|refnum=75000254

|commonscat=Mount Auburn Cemetery

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|type=NHLD

|pos=86

|article=Nantucket Historic District

|name=Nantucket Historic District

|key=⁺

|image=Sum04-118.jpg

|alt=A street scene. Colonial-style buildings frame a wide cobblestone roadway.

|date=1966-11-13

|address=Nantucket

|lat=41.283225

|lon=-70.09758055555555

|county=Nantucket

|description= This listing, which encompasses the entire island of Nantucket, was made in recognition of Nantucket's well-preserved historical settlements (dating to the 17th century), and its importance as the world's preeminent whaling center in the early years of the 19th century.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=66000772}}|title=NRHP nomination for Nantucket Historic District|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-25}}

|refnum=66000772

|commonscat=Nantucket

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=87

|article=Naumkeag

|name=Naumkeag

|image=Naumkeag (Stockbridge, MA) - general view.JPG

|alt=A wooden-shingled house with many gables has a formal garden in front of it.

|date=2007-03-29

|address=Stockbridge

|lat=42.2897

|lon=-73.3159

|county=Berkshire

|description= This Gilded Age mansion and country estate was designed by McKim, Mead & White, with landscaping by Fletcher Steele. Built in the 1880s for lawyer Joseph Choate, it was given by his daughter to The Trustees of Reservations, who operate it as a museum.{{cite web|url=http://www.thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/berkshires/naumkeag.html|title=Naumkeag|publisher=The Trustees of Reservations|access-date=2012-11-25}}

|refnum=75000264

|commonscat=Naumkeag

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|type=NHLD

|pos=88

|article=Nauset Archeological District

|name=Nauset Archeological District

|key=⁺

|image=ChamplainNausetHarbor.jpg

|alt=A hand-drawn map and nautical chart. In the center is a harbor area in which boats are drawn. On the shores of the harbor are depictions of fields and houses. Numbers on the watery areas indicate the water depth. A legend at the bottom describes various marked parts of the chart in French.

|date=1993-04-19

|address=Eastham

|lat=41.8189

|lon=-69.9629

|county=Barnstable

|description= This district, located within the southern portion of the Cape Cod National Seashore, encompasses sites containing substantial ancient settlements dating to at least 4,000 BC. Some of these sites were described in the chronicles of early European explorers.{{cite web|last=McManamon|first=Francis P.|title=The Nauset Archaeological District -Eastham|url=https://www.nps.gov/caco/learn/historyculture/the-nauset-archaeological-district-eastham.htm|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-25}}

|refnum=93000607

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|type=NHLD

|pos=89

|article=New Bedford Historic District

|name=New Bedford Historic District

|key=⁺

|image=North Water Street, New Bedford, MA.jpg

|alt=A row of early 19th century buildings line a cobblestoned street. An old-fashioned street lamp is also visible.

|date=1966-11-13

|address=New Bedford

|lat=41.6353

|lon=-70.9242

|county=Bristol

|description= This district encompasses the historic center of the country's leading 19th century whaling center, including as contributing properties other historic landmarks.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=582&ResourceType=District |title=NHL summary listing for New Bedford Historic District |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2012-11-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606180954/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=582&ResourceType=District |archive-date=2011-06-06 }}

|refnum=66000773

|commonscat=New Bedford Historic District

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=90

|article=Norfolk County Courthouse

|name=Norfolk County Courthouse

|image=NorfolkCoCourt.JPG

|alt=A large granite building with a dome and a pillared portico.

|date=1972-11-28

|address=Dedham

|lat=42.2488

|lon=-71.1762

|county=Norfolk

|description= This Greek Revival courthouse was built in 1827 and expanded over the 19th century. It was site of the controversial Sacco-Vanzetti trial in 1921, and has changed little since then.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=72001312}}|title=NRHP nomination for Norfolk County Courthouse|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-25}}

|refnum=72001312

|commonscat=Norfolk County Courthouse

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|type=NHLD

|pos=91

|article=Old Deerfield Historic District

|name=Old Deerfield Historic District

|key=⁺

|image=Allen House, Deerfield MA.jpg

|alt=A brown colonial frame house.

|date=1960-10-09

|address=Deerfield

|lat=42.547

|lon=-72.6041

|county=Franklin

|description= This well-preserved 18th century colonial village was the site of numerous Indian raids, including a famous and well-documented attack in 1704.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=66000774}}|title=NRHP nomination for Old Deerfield Historic District|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-25}} The village is administered by Historic Deerfield as a museum.{{cite web|url=http://www.historic-deerfield.org/|title=Historic Deerfield|publisher=Historic Deerfield|access-date=2012-11-25}}

|refnum=66000774

|commonscat=Historic Deerfield

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=92

|article=The Old Manse

|name=Old Manse

|image=The Old Manse (view from Concord River), Concord, Massachusetts.JPG

|alt=A light brown colonial frame house with wooden roof shingles. The right side of the house front has an addition where the roof extends to the first floor.

|date=1962-12-29

|address=Concord

|lat=42.4683

|lon=-71.3492

|county=Middlesex

|description= This 1770 Revolutionary-era house was home for a time to both Ralph Waldo Emerson (whose grandfather had it built) and Nathaniel Hawthorne; Henry David Thoreau was a guest of Hawthorne's. The house is now owned by The Trustees of Reservations and is open to the public.{{cite web|url=http://www.thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/greater-boston/old-manse.html|title=The Old Manse|publisher=The Trustees of Reservations|access-date=2012-11-25}}

|refnum=66000775

|commonscat=The Old Manse

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=93

|article=Old Ship Church

|name=Old Ship Meetinghouse

|image=OldShipChurchView.jpg

|alt=A large square church stands in behind a cemetery. The church has a small turret in the center where a bell is exposed to view.

|date=1960-10-09

|address=Hingham

|lat=42.2412

|lon=-70.8871

|county=Plymouth

|description= This Puritan meetinghouse was constructed in 1681 and is claimed to be the oldest church in the nation still used for religious services.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/explorers/sitec26.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013110719/http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/explorers/sitec26.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 13, 2007|title=Explorers and Settlers: Old Ship Church|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-25}} Its name derives from its construction, which resembles an inverted wooden ship hull.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=586&ResourceType=Building|title=NHL summary listing for Old Ship Meetinghouse|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926104345/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=586&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=2012-09-26}}

|refnum=66000777

|commonscat=Old Ship Church

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|type=NHS

|pos=94

|article=Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site

|name=Frederick Law Olmsted House

|key=^*

|image=Frederick Law Olmsted National Historical Site, August 2005.JPG

|alt=A large, rambling red house with dark trim stands in a green yard with a tree shading it.

|date=1963-05-23

|address=Brookline

|lat=42.3255

|lon=-71.1321

|county=Norfolk

|description= Frederick Law Olmsted (1822–1903), one of America's leading landscape designers of his generation, lived and worked at this site for the last twenty years of his life.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=589&ResourceType=Building|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121214124639/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=589&ResourceType=Building|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-12-14|title=NHL summary listing for Frederick law Olmsted House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-26}} It is now a National Historic Site.{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/frla/index.htm|title=Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-26}}

|refnum=66000780

|commonscat=Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=95

|article=Orchard House

|name=Orchard House

|image=OrchardHouseConcord2CMA.jpg

|alt=A dark brown colonial frame house with wooden shingles.

|date=1962-12-29

|address=Concord

|lat=42.4589

|lon=-71.3351

|county=Middlesex

|description= This early 18th-century house was the longtime home of Transcendentalist Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888). His daughter, writer Louisa May Alcott, set the novel Little Women here. It is now a house museum.{{cite web|url=http://www.louisamayalcott.org/alcottorchard.html|title=Alcotts and Orchard House|publisher=Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House|access-date=2012-11-26}}

|refnum=66000781

|commonscat=Orchard House

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=96

|article=Robert Treat Paine Estate

|name=Robert Treat Paine House

|image=Robert Treat Paine Estate - exterior view.JPG

|alt=A mansion made of stone, brownstone, and wood framing sheathed in cedar shakes. A porch and patio are to the left of a two story turret that centers the image, and the patio is protected by a white pavilion tent.

|date=1989-06-30

|address=Waltham

|lat=42.3854

|lon=-71.2279

|county=Middlesex

|description= Also known as Stonehurst, this city-owned estate was designed by H. H. Richardson with landscaping by Frederick Law Olmsted for Boston lawyer Robert Treat Paine Jr. (1835–1910). It is open to the public.{{cite web|url=http://www.stonehurstwaltham.org/learn.htm|title=Stonehurst|publisher=City of Waltham|access-date=2012-11-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717084736/http://stonehurstwaltham.org/learn.htm|archive-date=2012-07-17}}

|refnum=75000291

|commonscat=Robert Treat Paine Estate

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=97

|article=The Parsonage (Natick, Massachusetts)

|name=The Parsonage

|image=The Parsonage (Natick, Massachusetts) - DSC09523.JPG

|alt=A white colonial frame house with a wide single story front porch. The main rectangle of the house has extensions to the rear.

|date=1971-11-11

|address=Natick

|lat=42.2709

|lon=-71.3144

|county=Middlesex

|description= This 1824 house was home to the father of writer Horatio Alger (1832–99). Alger, a prolific and popular writer of juvenile fiction, frequently summered here.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=71000903}}|title=NRHP nomination for The Parsonage|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-26}}

|refnum=71000903

|commonscat=The Parsonage (Natick, Massachusetts)

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=98

|article=Peabody Museum of Salem

|name=Peabody Museum of Salem

|image=2006 PeabodyEssexMuseum Salem 114189007.jpg

|alt=An interior view of figures that once graced the bows of wooden sailing ships. High windows flank two female figures that are mounted on the wall, and three male figures stand on pedestals in front of the windows.

|date=1965-12-21

|address=Salem

|lat=42.5218

|lon=-70.8926

|county=Essex

|description= Now embedded within the Peabody Essex Museum, the East India Marine Hall was built in the 1820s. The museum traces its lineage to the 1799 East India Marine Society, claiming to be the nation's oldest continuously operating museum.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=592&ResourceType=Building|title=NHL summary listing for Peabody Museum of Salem|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726052256/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=592&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=2014-07-26}}

|refnum=66000783

|commonscat=East India Marine Hall

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=99

|article=Peirce-Nichols House

|name=Peirce-Nichols House

|image=Peirce-Nichols House.jpg

|alt=A yellow three story frame house. A small portico protects the front door, and a low wooden railing surrounds the roof.

|date=1968-10-18

|address=Salem

|lat=42.5226

|lon=-70.8996

|county=Essex

|description= This transitional Georgian/Federal style home was built in 1782 for merchant Jerathmiel Peirce by Samuel McIntire.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=68000041}}|title=NRHP nomination for Peirce-Nichols House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-26}} The house is owned by the Peabody Essex Museum, which offers tours.{{cite web|url=http://www.pem.org/sites/archives/arch1.htm|title=Historic Houses|publisher=Peabody Essex Museum|access-date=2012-11-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725121743/http://www.pem.org/sites/archives/arch1.htm|archive-date=2014-07-25|url-status=dead}}

|refnum=68000041

|commonscat=Peirce-Nichols House

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=100

|article=Lydia Pinkham House

|name=Lydia Pinkham House

|image=LynnMA LydiaPinkhamHouse.jpg

|alt=A small frame house with a mansard roof sided in clapboard painted a dusty shade of pink.

|date=2014-8-25

|address=Lynn

|lat=42.4758

|lon=-70.9508

|county=Essex

|description=This 1872 Second Empire house was the residence of Lydia Pinkham, whose homemade herbal remedy for dysmenorrhea was one of the bestselling such medical products of the late 19th century thanks to Pinkham's use of her own image as a marketing tool. Orders and other correspondence were received at the house's Western Avenue address; sometimes Pinkham wrote back personally, a practice continued by her company after her death.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nhl/Fall2013Nominations/LydiaPinkhamHouse.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224120438/http://www.nps.gov/nhl/Fall2013Nominations/LydiaPinkhamHouse.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 24, 2013|title=NHL nomination for Lydia Pinkham House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2013-12-22}}

|refnum=12000818

|commonscat=Lydia Pinkham House

}}

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|pos=101

|article=PT 617

|name=PT 617

|image=PT Boat at Battleship Cove.JPG

|alt=An open boat painted with camouflage colors sits inside a museum building. Wooden steps lead up to a platform from which the interior of the boat can be viewed. Flags hang from poles mounted on the left well.

|date=1989-12-20

|address=Fall River

|lat=41.7047

|lon=-71.1616

|county=Bristol

|description= The only surviving {{convert|80|ft|m}} Elco torpedo boat from World War II, craft of this type were workhorses throughout many theaters of the war. This boat is on display at the PT Boat Museum in Battleship Cove.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2090&ResourceType=Structure |title=NHL summary listing for PT 617 |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2012-11-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930064720/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2090&ResourceType=Structure |archive-date=2012-09-30 }}

|refnum=89002465

}}

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|pos=102

|article=PT 796

|name=PT 796

|image=PT 796.jpg

|alt=An open boat sits inside a museum building. The area above the waterline is gray, that below the waterline is red with shark teeth. An eye is also painted on the gray part of the ship, making it look a little like a shark. A walkway goes around the boat.

|date=1986-01-14

|address=Fall River

|lat=41.7048

|lon=-71.1617

|county=Bristol

|description= This is one of three surviving Higgins PT boats, built late in World War II. It is on display at the PT Boat Museum in Battleship Cove.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1952&ResourceType=Structure |title=NHL summary listing for PT 796 |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2012-11-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010085934/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1952&ResourceType=Structure |archive-date=2012-10-10 }}

|refnum=86000092

|commonscat=PT 796 (ship, 1945)

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=103

|article=General Rufus Putnam House

|name=General Rufus Putnam House

|image=RutlandMA RufusPutnamHouse.jpg

|alt=A large two story colonial frame house, five windows wide and three deep. It has a hip roof and two chimneys. The second floor windows have Christmas greenery below them, and the word Noel has been hung below the central window and above the front door.

|date=1972-11-28

|address=Rutland

|lat=42.3713

|lon=-71.9674

|county=Worcester

|description= Rufus Putnam (1738–1824) was a Continental Army officer in the American Revolutionary War. After the war he pioneered the settlement of the Northwest Territories, serving as its first Surveyor General. This house, built in the early 1760s, was his home in the 1780s. Although it was for a time a local museum, it is now a bed and breakfast.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=72001330}}|title=NRHP nomination for General Rufus Putnam House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-27}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rufusputnamhouse.com/frame.htm|title=Rufus Putnam House|publisher=Rufus Putnam House|access-date=2012-11-27}}

|refnum=72001330

|commonscat=General Rufus Putnam House

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=104

|article=Quincy Homestead

|name=Quincy Homestead

|image=Quincy Homestead Quincy MA 01.jpg

|alt=A large yellow colonial frame house with white trim. Additions expand the house to the left, and the roof has a few gabled dormers in it.

|date=2005-04-05

|address=Quincy

|lat=42.2582

|lon=-71.0074

|county=Norfolk

|description= This house was built in 1686 as an early home of the Quincy family. Its well-preserved construction documents 300 years of architectural changes. The building was an early success in house preservation early in the 20th century, and is now a house museum.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=285474674&ResourceType=Building|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121213232750/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=285474674&ResourceType=Building|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-12-13|title=NHL summary listing for Quincy Homestead|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-27}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nscda.org/ma/quincy_homestead.php|title=Quincy Homestead|publisher=National Society of Colonial Dames of America|access-date=2012-11-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721221404/http://www.nscda.org/ma/quincy_homestead.php|archive-date=2012-07-21}}

|refnum=70000095

|commonscat=Dorothy Quincy Homestead

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=105

|article=Josiah Quincy House

|name=Josiah Quincy House

|image=Josiah Quincy House, Quincy, Massachusetts.JPG

|alt=A large brown colonial frame house. There is a railing going around the roof, and a bumped up central section is visible in the center of the house. A portico shelters the front door.

|date=1997-09-25

|address=Quincy

|lat=42.2718

|lon=-71.0147

|county=Norfolk

|description= This house, built c. 1770, was occupied by a succession of politically active Quincys, and contains architectural details unique among houses from the period. It is owned by Historic New England, who offer infrequent tours during the summer months.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=776182087&ResourceType=Building|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121214030140/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=776182087&ResourceType=Building|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-12-14|title=NHL summary listing for Josiah Quincy House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-27}}{{cite web|url=http://www.historicnewengland.org/historic-properties/homes/quincy-house|title=Quincy House|publisher=Historic New England|access-date=2012-11-27}}

|refnum=97001274, 76000285

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=106

|article=Redtop (Belmont, Massachusetts)

|name=Red Top (William Dean Howells' House)

|image=Redtop (Belmont, Massachusetts).JPG

|alt=A large many-gabled house stands on a hill behind some trees.

|date=1971-11-11

|address=Belmont

|lat=42.4003

|lon=-71.1794

|county=Middlesex

|description= William Dean Howells (1837–1920) was a major literary figure of the late 19th century, writing prolifically and editing the Atlantic Monthly. This house was designed by Howells' brother-in-law William Rutherford MeadLynn, Kenneth S. William Dean Howells: An American Life. New York: Harcout Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1970: 193. {{ISBN|0-15-142177-3}} (of McKim, Mead, and White), and was home to the Howellses 1878–1882. It was the site of gatherings involving many literary notables.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1163&ResourceType=Building|title=NHL summary listing for Red Top|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212012008/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1163&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=2012-02-12}}

|refnum=71000911

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=107

|article=Revere Beach Reservation

|name=Revere Beach Reservation

|image=The Boulevard, Revere Beach, MA.jpg

|alt=An early 20th century postcard view of a beach with a road running alongside. Across the road from the beach are some buildings and a wide sidewalk full of people. There are also people standing and walking on the beach.

|date=2003-05-27

|address=Revere

|lat=42.4064

|lon=-70.9911

|county=Suffolk

|description= Revere Beach was the first oceanside beach purchased for public access (in 1895). Architect Charles Eliot was responsible for the design and layout of the beach's roadways and facilities. Managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, the reservation continues to provide public recreation facilities.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=03000642}}|title=NRHP nomination for Revere Beach Parkway|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-27}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/metroboston/revere.htm|title=Revere Beach|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|access-date=2012-11-27}}

|refnum=03000642

|commonscat=Revere Beach

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=108

|article=Theodore W. Richards House

|name=Theodore W. Richards House

|image=Theodore W. Richards House - 15 Follen Street, Cambridge, MA - IMG 4052.JPG

|alt=A two story Colonial Revival house. The first floor is brick with bay windows on either side of the front door, the second floor is painted yellow wood siding. Brick walls flank the sidewalk leading up some steps to the front door landing.

|date=1976-01-07

|address=Cambridge

|lat=42.3784

|lon=-71.1228

|county=Middlesex

|description= Theodore William Richards (1868–1928) was considered the foremost experimental chemist of his time. He won the Nobel prize for his role in determine the atomic weights of many elements. This house was built in 1900 with design input from Richards, and he lived there until his death.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=76001999}}|title=NRHP nomination for Theodore W. Richards House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-27}}

|refnum=76001999

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=109

|article=William J. Rotch Gothic Cottage

|name=William J. Rotch Gothic Cottage

|image=William J. Rotch House, 19 Irving Street (moved from 103 Orchard Street), New Bedford (Bristol County, Massachusetts).jpg

|alt=A black and white photograph of a house with steeply roofed gables. Gingerbread molding frames the gables, whose ends contain windows with rounded tops.

|date=2006-02-17

|address=New Bedford

|lat=41.6306

|lon=-70.9326

|county=Bristol

|description= This early Gothic Revival cottage was designed by Alexander Jackson Davis in 1845 for William J. Rotch (1819–1893), scion of New Bedford's leading whaling family. It exhibits features not found in other surviving similar works by Davis, and received wide public notice after its construction. The cottage is a private residence and is not open to the public.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=06000236}}|title=NRHP nomination for William J. Rotch Gothic Cottage|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-29}}

|refnum=06000236

|commonscat=William J. Rotch Gothic Cottage

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=110

|article=William Rotch Jr. House

|name=William Rotch Jr. House

|image=William Rotch House, New Bedford, MA.jpg

|alt=A mustard-yellow two story house with white trim and black shutters has a short semi-circular going to its front. A single story porch with white pillars extends the full width of the house.

|date=2005-04-05

|address=New Bedford

|lat=41.6303

|lon=-70.9283

|county=Bristol

|description= This house was the first design of Richard Upjohn, a leading architect of the 19th century. He designed this Greek Revival home for William Rotch Jr. (1759–1850), the leading whaling businessman of the time. Later residents of the house were also leading New Bedford figures. The property is now a house museum.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=05000456}}|title=NRHP nomination for William Rotch Jr. House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-29}}

|refnum=05000456

|commonscat=Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=111

|article=Isaac Royall House

|name=Isaac Royall House

|image=Isaac Royall House, Medford, Massachusetts - East (front) facade.JPG

|alt=A three story colonial house with blue wood siding in front and brick walls on the sides.

|date=1960-10-09

|address=Medford

|lat=42.4119

|lon=-71.1115

|county=Middlesex

|description= This c. 1692 house was extensively expanded in the 18th century by merchant and slaveowner Isaac Royall Jr. It was occupied by John Stark during the 1775–76 Siege of Boston. A well-preserved Georgian house that is now a museum.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=66000786}}|title=NRHP nomination for Isaac Royall House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-29}}{{cite web|url=http://royallhouse.org/|title=Royall House|publisher=Royall House Association|access-date=2012-11-29}}

|refnum=66000786

|commonscat=Isaac Royall House

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=112

|article=Benjamin Thompson House-Count Rumford Birthplace

|name=Count Rumford Birthplace

|image=Benjamin Thompson Birthplace, Woburn, Massachusetts.JPG

|alt=A red two story colonial house with wooden roof. Flowers have been planted on either side of the front door.

|date=1975-01-15

|address=Woburn

|lat=42.5076

|lon=-71.1611

|county=Middlesex

|description= Inventor and scientist Benjamin Thompson (1753–1814) was born in this well-preserved 1714 house. Thompson was lauded in Europe for his discoveries (including key advances in the field of thermodynamics); he received honors including the title Count Rumford. The house is now a museum.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=75001942}}|title=NRHP nomination for Count Rumford Birthplace|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-29}}

|refnum=75001942

|commonscat=Count Rumford Birthplace

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=113

|refnum=100009826

|type=NHL

|article=Sampson-White Joiner Shop

|name=Sampson-White Joiner Shop

|address=Duxbury

|county=Plymouth

|date=2023-12-11

|image=

|lat=42.0219

|lon=-70.7450

|description=The only known surviving 18th-century woodworking shop in its original setting with original fixtures.

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|type=NHS

|pos=114

|article=Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site

|name=Saugus Iron Works

|key=^*

|image=Saugus Iron Mill.jpg

|alt=A complex of wooden barn-like buildings stands on a hillside. Water wheels for providing mechanical power are visible on the outsides.

|date=1963-11-27

|address=Saugus

|lat=42.4678

|lon=-71.0089

|county=Essex

|description= This National Historic Site preserves an early colonial ironworks, dating to 1646.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=33&ResourceType=District|title=NHL summary listing for Saugus Iron Works|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227050628/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=33&ResourceType=District|archive-date=2011-02-27}}

|refnum=66000047

|commonscat=Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=115

|article=Sever Hall

|name=Sever Hall, Harvard University

|image=Sever Hall.jpg

|alt=A large brick academic building. It has some ornate decorations, and two rounded sections separate the central portion from wings on either side.

|date=1970-12-30

|address=Cambridge

|lat=42.3744

|lon=-71.1155

|county=Middlesex

|description= This mature work of H. H. Richardson is a classroom building. Richardson sought to integrate contemporary ideas of architecture into Harvard's largely Georgian campus.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=70000732}}|title=NRHP nomination for Sever Hall|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-29}}

|refnum=70000732

|commonscat=Sever Hall

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=116

|article=Spencer-Pierce-Little House

|name=Spencer-Pierce-Little House

|image=Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (rear) - Newbury, Massachusetts.JPG

|alt=The rear of a 2+ story stone house has a wooden addition extending off to the left. An old-fashioned water pump with bucket is near the door.

|date=1968-10-18

|address=Newbury

|lat=42.7933

|lon=-70.8564

|county=Essex

|description= This house is a rare example of a 17th-century stone house in New England. Relatively unchanged despite additions over the centuries, it is now owned by Historic New England, who operate the site as a farm and museum.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=68000043}}|title=NRHP nomination for Spencer-Pierce-Little House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-29}}{{cite web|url=http://www.historicnewengland.org/historic-properties/homes/spencer-peirce-little-farm|title=Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm|publisher=Historic New England|access-date=2012-11-29}}

|refnum=68000043

|commonscat=Spencer-Peirce-Little House

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|type=NHS

|pos=117

|article=Springfield Armory

|name=Springfield Armory

|key=^*

|image=Springfield Armory National Historic Site (af62a2b5-1a3e-4d44-b072-0e0966bf2840).jpg

|alt=An engraving depicting a three story rectangular building with a tower protruding from the center of the front (long side). The building is in a garden setting where people are seen promenading.

|date=1960-12-19

|address=Springfield

|lat=42.1081

|lon=-72.5817

|county=Hampden

|description= Until 1968 this site was a part of the nation's first armories and weapons production facilities, and a major military research facility. It was a focal point of the 1787 Shays' Rebellion, a local uprising against oppressive state fiscal policies.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=66000898}}|title=NRHP nomination for Springfield Armory|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-29}}

|refnum=66000898

|commonscat=Springfield Armory

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=118

|article=Joseph Story House

|name=Joseph Story House

|image=Joseph Story House from Common.jpg

|alt=A three story brick house with white trim and black shutters. The front door is sheltered by a portico, which also supports a second floor balcony.

|date=1973-11-07

|address=Salem

|lat=42.5253

|lon=-70.8898

|county=Essex

|description= Joseph Story (1779–1845) was an influential United States Supreme Court Justice on the John Marshall court. Story's jurisprudence and legal thought were highly influential during his tenure on the court (1811–45). Story lived in this Federalist style home from 1811 to 1829.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=73001952}}|title=NRHP nomination for Joseph Story House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-29}}

|refnum=73001952

|commonscat=Joseph Story House

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=119

|article=Mary Fisk Stoughton House

|name=Mary Fisk Stoughton House

|image=Mary Fisk Stoughton House - IMG 1717.jpg

|alt=A brown shingled house is obscured by a wooden fence and an arbor.

|date=1989-06-29

|address=Cambridge

|lat=42.3760

|lon=-71.1246

|county=Middlesex

|description= This 1880s Shingle style home by H. H. Richardson was one of his last commissions, and the best surviving example of his work in that style. The house's residents included Harvard University professor and historian John Fiske.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=89001246}}|title=NRHP nomination for Mary Fisk Stoughton House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-29}}

|refnum=89001246

|commonscat=Mary Fisk Stoughton House

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=120

|article=Elihu Thomson House

|name=Elihu Thomson House

|image=Elihu Thomson House - Swampscott, MA.JPG

|alt=A brick two story house with richly detailed tan and white trim. A round portico with balcony above is in the center of the house, and the upper roof section has a low white railing surrounding it.

|date=1976-01-07

|address=Swampscott

|lat=42.4697

|lon=-70.9184

|county=Essex

|description= Elihu Thomson (1853–1937) was an inventor and pioneer in the field of electrical engineering. Along with Thomas Alva Edison he founded General Electric. This 1889 Georgian Revival house was Thomson's home for many years; it now serves as Swampscott's town hall.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=76002002}}|title=NRHP nomination for Elihu Thomson House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-30}}

|refnum=76002002

|commonscat=Swampscott Town Hall

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=121

|article=Peter Tufts House

|name=Peter Tufts House

|image=Peter Tufts House, Medford, Massachusetts.JPG

|alt=A 2+ story brick colonial house. The windows are comparatively narrow, and there are small round windows near the corners of.

|date=1968-10-18

|address=Medford

|lat=42.4115

|lon=-71.0937

|county=Middlesex

|description= This house, whose construction date is uncertain but believed to be in the mid-to-late 17th century, is quite possibly the oldest brick house in North America. It was probably built by Peter Tufts (1628–1702), an early settler of Medford.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=68000044}}|title=NRHP nomination for Peter Tufts House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-30}} It is owned by the Medford Historical Society, which seasonally offers tours.{{cite web|url=http://www.medfordhistorical.org/pdfs/newsletter2011winter.pdf|title=November 2011 Newsletter|publisher=Medford Historical Society|access-date=2012-11-30}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|refnum=68000044

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=122

|article=United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts

|name=United First Parish Church (Unitarian) Of Quincy

|image=United First Parish Church interior.jpg

|alt=A granite church with a pillared front. Its tower also has a pillared section above a section with clocks, and below a copper-colored cupola.

|date=1970-12-30

|address=Quincy

|lat=42.2512

|lon=-71.003

|county=Norfolk

|description= Alexander Parris designed this Greek Revival church in the 1820s for the oldest congregation in Quincy. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams are buried here.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=70000734}}|title=NRHP nomination for United First Parish Church (Unitarian) of Quincy|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-30}}

|refnum=70000734

|commonscat=United First Parish Church (Unitarian) of Quincy

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=123

|article=U.S. Customhouse (New Bedford)

|name=United States Customhouse

|image=NewBedford21June07CobblestoneBank.jpg

|alt=The front of a granite building, which has four columns supporting a triangular pediment.

|date=1970-12-30

|address=New Bedford

|lat=41.6353

|lon=-70.9247

|county=Bristol

|description= This outstanding example of a public building in the Greek Revival style has been used as a customs facility since 1834.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=70000735}}|title=NRHP nomination for United States Customhouse|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-30}}

|refnum=70000735

|commonscat=U.S. Customhouse, New Bedford, Massachusetts

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=124

|article=University Hall (Harvard University)

|name=University Hall, Harvard University

|image=Harvard Yard im Sommer.jpg

|alt=A large rectangular granite building, with two entrances on the long face.

|date=1970-12-30

|address=Cambridge

|lat=42.3745

|lon=-71.1171

|county=Middlesex

|description= Architect Charles Bulfinch designed, and engineer Loammi Baldwin Jr. constructed this Harvard College facility. Originally used for classes and dining, it now houses the administrative offices.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=70000736}}|title=NRHP nomination for University Hall|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-30}}

|refnum=70000736

|commonscat=University Hall

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=125

|article=Lyman Estate

|name=The Vale

|image=Lyman Estate, Waltham, Massachusetts - front facade.JPG

|alt=An expansive mansion: it has a large roughly square central section that is three stories with two story wings extending from either side. Square window boxes are built out from the central section. The house is light blue with white trim.

|date=1970-12-30

|address=Waltham

|lat=42.3839

|lon=-71.2303

|county=Middlesex

|description= Now more commonly called the Lyman Estate, this was the country estate of Boston merchant Theodore Lyman. Built in 1793, it includes one of the nation's oldest greenhouses, and has survived with most of its landscaping intact. It is open to the public.{{cite web|url=http://www.historicnewengland.org/historic-properties/homes/lyman-estate/lyman-estate|title=Lyman Estate|publisher=Historic New England|access-date=2012-11-30}}{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1011&ResourceType=Building|title=NHL summary listing for The Vale|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008091611/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1011&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=2012-10-08}}

|refnum=70000737

|commonscat=Lyman Estate

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=126

|article=Walden Pond

|name=Walden Pond

|image=Walden Pond, 2010.jpg

|alt=A late fall sunny day shows the pond's blue waters and tree-lined shores.

|date=1962-12-29

|address=Concord

|lat=42.4384

|lon=-71.342

|county=Middlesex

|description= Now part of a state reservation, Henry David Thoreau's cabin was located here. The time Thoreau spent here was inspiration for his conservationist treatise Walden.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=599&ResourceType=Site|title=NHL summary listing for Walden Pond|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-11-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213222845/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=599&ResourceType=Site|archive-date=2013-02-13}}

|refnum=66000790

|commonscat=Walden Pond

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=127

|article=John Ward House (Salem, Massachusetts)

|name=John Ward House

|image=John Ward House.jpg

|alt=A brown-painted colonial house with two large front-facing gable dormers. The windows have very small diamond panes of glass.

|date=1982-10-18

|address=Salem

|lat=42.5229

|lon=-70.8916

|county=Essex

|description= Construction was begun on this house in 1684, with owner John Ward making several modifications to it prior to his death. The building, now owned by the Peabody Essex Museum, stands as a fine example of the organic growth of early colonial houses.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=68000045}}|title=NRHP nomination for John Ward House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-12-01}}

|refnum=68000045

|commonscat=John Ward House

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=128

|article=The Wayside

|name=The Wayside

|name_extra=, "Home of Authors"

|image=The Wayside, Concord MA.jpg

|alt=A rambling yellow two-story house, featuring a porch wrapping around the left side, three chimneys, and a square turret rising from the rear.

|date=1962-12-29

|address=Concord

|lat=42.4589

|lon=-71.3331

|county=Middlesex

|description= This c. 1700 house, part of the Minuteman National Historical Park, was home to three writers in the 19th century: Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Margaret Sidney. The Park Service opens the house for tours seasonally.{{cite web|url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/pwwmh/ma47.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981202005516/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/pwwmh/ma47.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 2, 1998|title=Places Where Women Made History: The Wayside|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-12-01}}

|refnum=80000356

|commonscat=The Wayside

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=129

|article=Daniel Webster Law Office

|name=Daniel Webster Law Office

|image=Daniel Webster Law Office, Marchfield (Plymouth County, Massachusetts).jpg

|alt=A black and white photograph of a small one-room building. It has a door on one side and a window on another.

|date=1974-05-30

|address=Marshfield

|lat=42.0714

|lon=-70.6725

|county=Plymouth

|description= Lawyer, politician, and orator Daniel Webster (1782–1852) used this 1832 cottage as his office and library. Originally located on his Marshfield estate, it is now on the grounds of the nearby Isaac Winslow House Museum.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=74002053}}|title=NRHP nomination for Daniel Webster Law Office|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-12-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.danielwebsterestate.org/LawOffice.php|title=Law Office|publisher=Daniel Webster Estate|access-date=2012-12-01}}

|refnum=74002053

|commonscat=Daniel Webster Law Office (Marshfield, Massachusetts)

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=130

|article=Wesleyan Grove

|name=Wesleyan Grove

|image=OakBluffs2.jpg

|alt=Two gingerbread cottages; both feature weathered cedar shingling and brightly colored trim elements.

|date=2005-04-05

|address=Oak Bluffs

|lat=41.4553

|lon=-70.5614

|county=Dukes

|description= Wesleyan Grove is a Methodist camp meeting established in 1835. Its grounds, which are open to the public, feature a large number of Victorian era gingerbread cottages. As one of the earliest camps of this type, its features were influential in the development of other permanent camp meeting facilities.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=05000458}}|title=NRHP nomination for Wesleyan Grove|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-12-01}}

|refnum=05000458

|commonscat=Wesleyan Grove

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=131

|refnum=100006273

|type=NHLD

|key=⁺

|article=Western Railroad Stone Arch Bridges and Chester Factory Village Depot

|name=Western Railroad Stone Arch Bridges and Chester Factory Village Depot

|address=Vicinity of Herbert Cross Road, Middlefield/Becket Line (Bridges and Roadbed); 10 Prospect Street (Depot)

|city=Becket

|county=Berkshire, Hampden, and Hampshire

|date=2021-01-13

|image=Bridge over West Branch of Westfield River near Middlefield Rd, Chester MA.jpg

|lat=42.3055

|lon=-73.0054

|description=1840s railroad engineering that proved the ability to cross mountainous terrain. Extends into Chester and Middlefield; includes a subset of the Middlefield-Becket Stone Arch Railroad Bridge District.

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=132

|article=John Whipple House

|name=John Whipple House

|image=Ipswich 004.jpg

|alt=A large brown colonial-style house with multiple leanto additions. There is a flower garden in front of the house.

|date=1960-10-09

|address=Ipswich

|lat=42.6766

|lon=-70.8361

|county=Essex

|description= The earliest portions of this house date to 1642. It has been operated as a museum (now known as the Ipswich Museum) since the 1890s.{{cite web|url=http://www.ipswichmuseum.org/about-us|title=About Us|publisher=Ipswich Museum|access-date=2012-12-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529001628/http://www.ipswichmuseum.org/about-us|archive-date=2012-05-29}}{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=66000791}}|title=NRHP nomination for John Whipple House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-12-01}}

|refnum=66000791

|commonscat=John Whipple House

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=133

|article=John Greenleaf Whittier Home

|name=John Greenleaf Whittier Home

|image=John Greenleaf Whittier Home - Amesbury, Massachusetts.JPG

|alt=A rambling colonial house, painted white with black shutters. The front yard is surrounded by picket fencing, and a sign mounted on the front door's portico reads "Whittier Home".

|date=1962-12-29

|address=Amesbury

|lat=42.8558

|lon=-70.9353

|county=Essex

|description= This house was the longtime home of poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892). It is now a house museum.{{cite web|url=http://whittierhome.org/wordpress/about-whittier/|title=About Whittier|publisher=Whittier Home Association|access-date=2012-12-01}}

|refnum=66000792

|commonscat=John Greenleaf Whittier Home

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=134

|article=Winn Memorial Library

|name=Winn Memorial Library

|image=Woburn, Massachusetts, Library with statue of Benjamin Thompson.JPG

|alt=A large stone library building, made of brown and white stone. Windows of the library are separated by small stone columns, and arches of alternating light and dark stone surmount some of the larger windows. The roof line and three-story Gothic tower have decorative stone elements. In front of the building stands a bronze statue of Count Rumford wearing robes.

|date=1987-12-23

|address=Woburn

|lat=42.4792

|lon=-71.1545

|county=Middlesex

|description= This was the first public library building designed by H. H. Richardson; it was built between 1876 and 1879. It still houses Woburn's public library.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=76000290}}|title=NRHP nomination for Winn Memorial Library|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-12-01}}

|refnum=76000290

|commonscat=Winn Memorial Library

}}

{{NRHP row|NHL

|pos=135

|article=Wright's Tavern

|name=Wright's Tavern

|image=Wright's Tavern (Concord, MA).JPG

|alt=A 2+ story colonial house with two chimneys. It is painted red and has black shutters.

|date=1961-01-20

|address=Concord

|lat=42.4601

|lon=-71.3487

|county=Middlesex

|description= Wright's Tavern was used in October 1774 as the first meeting place of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress. In April 1775 it was the assembly point for Concord's Minutemen before the Battles of Lexington and Concord.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=602&ResourceType=Building|title=NHL summary listing for Wright's Tavern|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2012-12-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010212644/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=602&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=2012-10-10}}

|refnum=66000793

|commonscat=Wright's Tavern

}}

|}

• List of areas in the National Park System in Massachusetts
• Adams National Historical Park
• Minute Man National Historical Park
• New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
• Salem Maritime National Historic Site
• List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Massachusetts
• List of National Natural Landmarks in Massachusetts

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• {{cite web|publisher=National Park Service|url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/designations/Lists/MA01.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040723104541/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/designations/Lists/MA01.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 23, 2004 |title=National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State—Massachusetts (183)|access-date=2007-11-05}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070625181608/http://www.nps.gov/history/nhl/ National Historic Landmarks Program, at National Park Service]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070714023957/http://www.nps.gov/history/nhl/designations/listsofNHLs.htm National Park Service listings of National Historic Landmarks]

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