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List of National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has a total of 192 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) within its borders. This is the second highest statewide total in the United States after New York, which has more than 250. Of the Massachusetts NHLs, 57 are in the state capital of Boston, and are listed separately. Ten of the remaining 134 designations were made when the NHL program was formally inaugurated on October 9, 1960; the most recent were in 2021. Cambridge is the city with the most NHLs outside Boston (at 19), and Middlesex County is home to 43 NHLs (again outside the 58 from Boston, which comprise all but two of the NHLs in Suffolk County). Every county in the state has at least one NHL (Franklin County has exactly one, the Old Deerfield Historic District).

The state's NHLs were chosen for a diversity of reasons. Some of the nation's oldest surviving structures are included: a number of 17th-century houses are listed, including the Fairbanks House (late 1630s) of Dedham, which is the oldest timber-frame house in the nation. The Old Ship Church (1681) of Hingham is the nation's oldest church still used for religious purposes, and Cole's Hill in Plymouth was used in 1620 as a burial ground for the Plymouth Colony. The Nauset Archeological District documents early contact between Europeans and Native Americans, and the Old Deerfield Historic District encompasses a well-preserved colonial frontier village.

Sites associated with the American Revolution and people of the time are on the list. The Lexington Green, Buckman Tavern, and the Hancock–Clarke House all played roles in the Battles of Lexington and Concord that began the American Revolutionary War, as did Wright's Tavern in Concord. The homes of Continental Army generals Benjamin Lincoln, John Glover, and Rufus Putnam are listed. Properties occupied by army officers during the Siege of Boston include the Longfellow House (occupied by George Washington and purchased by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in part because of that association), and the Isaac Royall House.

In addition to the Longfellow site, there are numerous NHLs with literary and artistic connections. Arrowhead in the Berkshires was where Herman Melville did much of his writing, and Concord is home to Walden Pond, the Ralph Waldo Emerson House, The Old Manse (home to Ralph Waldo Emerson's grandfather), Orchard House (childhood home to Louisa May Alcott), and The Wayside (home to Nathaniel Hawthorne). Hawthorne is also represented by the House of Seven Gables district of Salem, which includes his birthplace. Other literary landmarks include the John Greenleaf Whittier House, The Mount (Edith Wharton's Lenox estate), and Redtop, the Belmont home of William Dean Howells which was the site of many literary gatherings.

Scientific and academic pursuits are represented in the list. Homes of mathematicians, scientists, and researchers appear on the list, as do sites noted for the events that took place there. The Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory in Milton is home to the nation's longest continuous weather record, and the Goddard Rocket Launching Site in Auburn was where rocketry pioneer Robert H. Goddard performed some of his tests.

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References

  1. "NHL Summary Description of Adams Academy". National Park Service.
  2. "NHL Summary Description of John Adams Birthplace". National Park Service.
  3. "Adams National Historical Park". National Park Service.
  4. "NHL Summary Description of John Quincy Adams Birthplace". National Park Service.
  5. "NHL Summary Description of Adventure schooner". National Park Service.
  6. "NHL Summary Description of the John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites". National Park Service.
  7. "NHL Summary Description of American Antiquarian Society". National Park Service.
  8. "NHL Summary Description of Arrowhead (Herman Melville House)". National Park Service.
  9. "NHL Summary Description of Maria Baldwin House". National Park Service.
  10. ["NRHP nomination for Maria Baldwin House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  11. "NHL Summary Description of Beauport". National Park Service.
  12. "Historic New England: Beauport". Historic New England.
  13. "NHL Summary Description of Edward Bellamy House". National Park Service.
  14. "NHL Summary Description of George D. Birkhoff House". National Park Service.
  15. "NHL Summary Description of Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory". National Park Service.
  16. "Historic New England: Boardman House". Historic New England.
  17. ["NRHP nomination for Boston Manufacturing Company"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  18. "NHL Summary Description of Nathaniel Bowditch Home". National Park Service.
  19. "The Nathaniel Bowditch House". Historic Salem, Inc.
  20. ["NRHP nomination for Louis Brandeis House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  21. ["NRHP nomination for Percy W. Bridgman House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  22. "Trustees of Reservations: William Cullen Bryant Homestead". The Trustees of Reservations.
  23. ["NRHP nomination for Buckman Tavern"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  24. ["NRHP nomination for Cape Ann Light Station"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  25. "NHL Summary Description of Parson Capen House". National Park Service.
  26. "Parson Capen House". Topsfield Historical Society.
  27. "NHL Summary Description of Castle Hill". National Park Service.
  28. ["NRHP nomination for Christ Church, Cambridge"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  29. "Oldest House of the Nantucket Historical Association". Nantucket Historical Association.
  30. "NHL Summary Description of Cole's Hill". National Park Service.
  31. "NHL Summary Description of Converse Memorial Library". National Park Service.
  32. ["NRHP nomination for Crane and Company Old Stone Mill Rag Room"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  33. ["NRHP nomination for Crane Memorial Library"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  34. "NRHP nomination for Paul Cuffe Farm". Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  35. ["NRHP nomination for Caleb Cushing House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  36. ["NRHP nomination for Reginald A. Daly House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  37. ["NRHP nomination for William M. Davis House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  38. "William Morris Davis". Valparaiso University.
  39. "History of Glen Magna Farms". Danvers Historical Society.
  40. "NHL summary listing for Derby Summerhouse". National Park Service.
  41. "Emily Dickinson Museum". Amherst College.
  42. "NHL summary listing for Emily Dickinson Home". National Park Service.
  43. "W. E. B. Du Bois Boyhood Home Site". National Park Service.
  44. "Dubois Homesite". Friends of the W. E. B. Du Bois Homesite.
  45. (October 14, 2001). "33 Elmwood". The Harvard Crimson.
  46. ["NRHP nomination for Elmwood"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  47. ["NRHP nomination for Ralph Waldo Emerson House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  48. "History of the Ernestina". Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Association.
  49. "NHL summary listing for Ernestina". National Park Service.
  50. "Explorers and Settlers: Fairbanks House". National Park Service.
  51. ["NRHP nomination for Reginald A. Fessenden House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  52. ["NRHP nomination for First Church of Christ, Lancaster"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  53. "First Church of Christ Unitarian". First Church of Christ Unitarian.
  54. ["NRHP nomination for Flying Horses Carousel"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  55. "Forbes House Museum History". Forbes House Museum.
  56. "About the Forbes House Museum". Forbes House Museum.
  57. "NHL summary listing for Daniel Chester French Home and Studio". National Park Service.
  58. "Chesterwood House". National Trust for Historic Preservation.
  59. "NHL summary listing for Fruitlands". National Park Service.
  60. Felton, R. Todd. ''A Journey into the Transcendentalists' New England''. Berkeley, California: Roaring Forties Press, 2006: 133. {{ISBN. 0-9766706-4-X
  61. "NHL summary listing for Margaret Fuller House". National Park Service.
  62. Gura, Philip F. ''American Transcendentalism: A History''. New York: Hill and Wang, 2007: 156. {{ISBN. 0-8090-3477-8
  63. "PEM Historic Houses". Peabody Essex Museum.
  64. (November 2010). "A Murder in Salem". Smithsonian Magazine.
  65. "PEM: Daily Tours". Peabody Essex Museum.
  66. "NHL summary listing for General John Glover House". National Park Service.
  67. Sanborn, Nathaniel. (1903). "Gen. John Glover and his Marblehead Regiment in the Revolutionary War". Marblehead Historical Society.
  68. "NHL summary listing for Goddard Rocket Launching Site". National Park Service.
  69. ["NRHP nomination for Goddard Rocket Launching Site"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  70. "History of Gore Place". Gore Place Society.
  71. "NHL summary listing for John B. Gough House". National Park Service.
  72. (September 29, 2012). "Apple pies to help Hillside restoration". The Boston Globe.
  73. ["NRHP nomination for Asa Gray House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  74. "NHL summary listing for Gropius House". National Park Service.
  75. "Gropius House". Historic New England.
  76. ["NRHP nomination for H. H. Richardson Historic District of North Easton"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  77. "NRHP nomination for Hamilton Hall". Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  78. "NRHP nomination for Hancock-Clarke House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  79. "Hancock-Clarke House". Lexington Historical Society.
  80. "Shaker Historic Trail: Hancock Shaker Village". National Park Service.
  81. "NRHP nomination for Hancock Shaker Village". Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  82. "NHL summary listing for Oliver Hastings House". National Park Service.
  83. de Waal, Cornelis. (2010). "Writings of Charles S. Peirce, Vol. 8". Indiana University Press.
  84. Beverly Historical Society. (2010). "Bevery Revisited". Arcadia Publishing.
  85. White, Edward. (2005). "Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr". Oxford University Press.
  86. "NRHP nomination for House of Seven Gables District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  87. "NHL summary listing for Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival". National Park Service.
  88. "NHL summary listing for Nathan and Mary (Polly) Johnson Properties". National Park Service.
  89. ["NRHP nomination for USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr."]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  90. "NHL summary listing for USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (destroyer)". National Park Service.
  91. "The Presidents of the United States: Kennedy Compound". National Park Service.
  92. "The Presidents of the United States: Kennedy Historic Site". National Park Service.
  93. "Lee Mansion". Marblehead Historical Society.
  94. "NHL summary listing for Lexington Green". National Park Service.
  95. "Liberty Farms". National Park Service.
  96. ["NRHP nomination for General Benjamin Lincoln House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  97. "USS Lionfish (SS-298)". Historic Naval Ships Association.
  98. ["NRHP nomination for Arthur D. Little, Inc. Building"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  99. ["NRHP nomination for Henry Cabot Lodge House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  100. ["NRHP nomination for Craigie-Longfellow House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  101. ["NRHP nomination for Lowell Locks and Canals"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  102. "NHL summary listing for Lowell's Boat House". National Park Service.
  103. "NHL summary listing for USS Massachusetts". National Park Service.
  104. "NHL summary listing for Massachusetts Hall". National Park Service.
  105. ["NRHP nomination for Massachusetts Hall"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  106. ["NRHP nomination for Memorial Hall"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  107. ["NRHP nomination for George R. Minot House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  108. "The Mission House". The Trustees of Reservations.
  109. "About Edith Wharton Restoration". Edith Wharton Restoration.
  110. "NHL summary listing for The Mount". National Park Service.
  111. ["NRHP nomination for Mount Auburn Cemetery"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  112. ["NRHP nomination for Nantucket Historic District"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  113. "Naumkeag". The Trustees of Reservations.
  114. McManamon, Francis P.. "The Nauset Archaeological District -Eastham". National Park Service.
  115. "NHL summary listing for New Bedford Historic District". National Park Service.
  116. ["NRHP nomination for Norfolk County Courthouse"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  117. ["NRHP nomination for Old Deerfield Historic District"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  118. "Historic Deerfield". Historic Deerfield.
  119. "The Old Manse". The Trustees of Reservations.
  120. "Explorers and Settlers: Old Ship Church". National Park Service.
  121. "NHL summary listing for Old Ship Meetinghouse". National Park Service.
  122. "NHL summary listing for Frederick law Olmsted House". National Park Service.
  123. "Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site". National Park Service.
  124. "Alcotts and Orchard House". Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House.
  125. "Stonehurst". City of Waltham.
  126. ["NRHP nomination for The Parsonage"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  127. "NHL summary listing for Peabody Museum of Salem". National Park Service.
  128. ["NRHP nomination for Peirce-Nichols House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  129. "Historic Houses". Peabody Essex Museum.
  130. "NHL nomination for Lydia Pinkham House". National Park Service.
  131. "NHL summary listing for PT 617". National Park Service.
  132. "NHL summary listing for PT 796". National Park Service.
  133. ["NRHP nomination for General Rufus Putnam House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  134. "Rufus Putnam House". Rufus Putnam House.
  135. "NHL summary listing for Quincy Homestead". National Park Service.
  136. "Quincy Homestead". National Society of Colonial Dames of America.
  137. "NHL summary listing for Josiah Quincy House". National Park Service.
  138. "Quincy House". Historic New England.
  139. Lynn, Kenneth S. ''William Dean Howells: An American Life''. New York: Harcout Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1970: 193. {{ISBN. 0-15-142177-3
  140. "NHL summary listing for Red Top". National Park Service.
  141. ["NRHP nomination for Revere Beach Parkway"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  142. "Revere Beach". Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  143. ["NRHP nomination for Theodore W. Richards House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  144. ["NRHP nomination for William J. Rotch Gothic Cottage"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  145. ["NRHP nomination for William Rotch Jr. House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  146. ["NRHP nomination for Isaac Royall House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  147. "Royall House". Royall House Association.
  148. ["NRHP nomination for Count Rumford Birthplace"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  149. "NHL summary listing for Saugus Iron Works". National Park Service.
  150. ["NRHP nomination for Sever Hall"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  151. ["NRHP nomination for Spencer-Pierce-Little House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  152. "Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm". Historic New England.
  153. ["NRHP nomination for Springfield Armory"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  154. ["NRHP nomination for Joseph Story House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  155. ["NRHP nomination for Mary Fisk Stoughton House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  156. ["NRHP nomination for Elihu Thomson House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  157. ["NRHP nomination for Peter Tufts House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  158. (January 2018). "November 2011 Newsletter". Medford Historical Society.
  159. ["NRHP nomination for United First Parish Church (Unitarian) of Quincy"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  160. ["NRHP nomination for United States Customhouse"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  161. ["NRHP nomination for University Hall"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  162. "Lyman Estate". Historic New England.
  163. "NHL summary listing for The Vale". National Park Service.
  164. "NHL summary listing for Walden Pond". National Park Service.
  165. ["NRHP nomination for John Ward House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  166. "Places Where Women Made History: The Wayside". National Park Service.
  167. ["NRHP nomination for Daniel Webster Law Office"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  168. "Law Office". Daniel Webster Estate.
  169. ["NRHP nomination for Wesleyan Grove"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  170. "About Us". Ipswich Museum.
  171. ["NRHP nomination for John Whipple House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  172. "About Whittier". Whittier Home Association.
  173. ["NRHP nomination for Winn Memorial Library"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service.
  174. "NHL summary listing for Wright's Tavern". National Park Service.
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