Historic places in Chelsea, Massachusetts

Chelsea in Middlesex, Suffolk County has 9 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 5 districts, 3 buildings, 1 site. The first was listed in 1973 and the most recent in 2007. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, community planning and development, commerce.

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Every National Register listing in Chelsea

  1. Revere Beach Parkway-Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston

    Listed December 6, 2007 · District · State significance · Access information not verified

    Community Planning And DevelopmentEngineeringLandscape ArchitectureTransportation

    Revere Beach Parkway is a historic parkway in the suburbs immediately north of Boston, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    Revere Beach Pkwy · NPS record #07001241

  2. Bellingham Square Historic District

    Listed January 3, 1985 · District · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Community Planning And DevelopmentOtherCommerceEuropeanPolitics/GovernmentArchitecture

    Bellingham Square Historic District is a historic district encompassing the civic and commercial heart of Chelsea, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    Roughly bounded by Broadway, Shawmut, Chestnut, and Shurtleff Sts. · NPS record #85000030

  3. Bellingham-Cary House

    Listed September 6, 1974 · Building · State significance · Access information not verified

    Politics/GovernmentArchitecture

    The house, built in 1724, may incorporate in its structure the 1659 hunting lodge of colonial governor Richard Bellingham and is the only surviving 18th-century building in the city. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #74000908

  4. Chelsea Garden Cemetery

    Listed February 9, 2001 · Site · Local significance · Access information not verified

    CommerceCommunity Planning And DevelopmentLandscape ArchitectureSocial History

    Chelsea Garden Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Chelsea, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    70 Central Ave. (formerly Shawmut St.) · NPS record #01000089

  5. Chelsea Square Historic District (also Broay Square; Winnisimmet Square)

    Listed April 8, 1982 · District · Local significance · Access information not verified

    ArchitectureCommercePerforming Arts

    Roughly area around Broadway, Medford. Tremont, Park, Cross and Winnisimmet Sts. · NPS record #09000144

  6. Congregation Agudath Shalom (also Walnut Street Synagogue)

    Listed April 16, 1993 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    EuropeanArchitectureReligion

    Congregation Agudath Shalom, also known as Agudas Sholom the Walnut Street Synagogue or the Walnut Street Shul, is a historic Open Orthodox Jewish synagogue at 145 Walnut Street in Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States. [Wikipedia]

    145 Walnut St. · NPS record #93000283

  7. Downtown Chelsea Residential Historic District

    Listed June 22, 1988 · District · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Community Planning And DevelopmentArchitecture

    The Downtown Chelsea Residential Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by Shurtleff, Marginal, and Division Streets and Bellingham Square in Chelsea, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    Roughly bounded by Shurtleff, Marginal, and Division Sts. and Bellingham Sq. · NPS record #88000718

  8. Kimball, C. Henry, House

    Listed April 15, 1982 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    CommerceArchitecture

    The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1896, and is one of the city's finest Queen Anne Victorian houses. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #82004464

  9. Naval Hospital Boston Historic District

    Listed August 14, 1973 · District · National significance · Access information not verified

    MilitaryHealth/Medicine

    Naval Hospital Boston was a hospital in Chelsea, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    1 Broadway · NPS record #73000851

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Being on the National Register does not mean a property is open to the public. Many are private homes; please respect owners and view from public roads.