Historic places in Gloucester, Massachusetts
Gloucester in Essex County has 35 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 20 buildings, 6 districts, 4 structures, 4 sites, 1 object. The first was listed in 1970 and the most recent in 2017. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, maritime history, commerce. 2 are National Historic Landmarks: ADVENTURE (schooner), Beauport.
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Every National Register listing in Gloucester
ADVENTURE (schooner) (also 226070)
Adventure is a gaff rigged knockabout schooner. [Wikipedia]
State Fish Pier, Gloucester Inner Harbor · NPS record #89002054
Beauport (also Sleeper-McCann House; Little Beauport)
Beauport, also known as Sleeper–McCann House, Little Beauport, or Henry Davis Sleeper House, is a historic house in Gloucester, Massachusetts, U.S. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #03000641
Annisquam Bridge (also Wood Pile Bridge)
The Annisquam Bridge is a historic bridge in Annisquam, Massachusetts, a village within the city of Gloucester. [Wikipedia]
Address not published · NPS record #83000572
East Gloucester Square Historic District
East Gloucester Square Historic District is a historic district encapsulating the evolutionary history of the active maritime community of Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States, over a period of more than 200 years. [Wikipedia]
E. Main St., roughly bounded by Inner Harbor, Smith Cove, Woonson Cove, and Mt. Pleasant Ave. · NPS record #96000471
FRANK A. PALMER AND LOUIS B. CRARY (Shipwreck)
Frank A. Palmer and Louise B. Crary are a historic dual shipwreck site in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, off Gloucester, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Address not published · NPS record #06000107
Front Street Block (also West End Buildings)
The Front Street Block is a series of four connected commercial blocks in the West End of Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA. They were built in 1831 after a fire had devastated Gloucester's downtown the previous year. 69–71 Main Street, a three-story four wide block with Federalist styling, was built for Aaron Day. [Wikipedia]
West End, 55-71 Main St. · NPS record #74000369
Hammond Castle (also Abbadia Mare)
Hammond Castle is located on the Atlantic coast in the Magnolia area of Gloucester, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
80 Hesperus Ave. · NPS record #73000298
Norwood-Hyatt House
It is notable as one of the oldest houses in Gloucester, and for its association with Alpheus Hyatt, who did research in marine biology here before establishing the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #00001272
Rocky Neck Historic District (Additional Documentation)
Rocky Neck is one of the oldest continuously operating art colonies in the United States. [Wikipedia]
1-5 Eastern Point Rd., 285 East Main St., Bickford Way, Clarendon, Fremont, Horton, Rackliffe Wiley & Wonson Sts. · NPS record #100001502
Annisquam Harbor Light Station
Annisquam Harbor Light Station is a historic lighthouse located on Wigwam Point in the Annisquam neighborhood of Gloucester, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Wigwam Pt. · NPS record #87001526
Babson-Alling House
The Babson-Alling House is a historic colonial house in Gloucester, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #96000472
Beauport
Eastern Point Blvd. · NPS record #76000246
Central Gloucester Historic District (also See Also:City Hall; Gloucester House)
The Central Gloucester Historic District encompasses the historic commercial, civic, and residential core of the fishing community of Gloucester, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Middle, Main, Center, Hancock, Short, Prospect and Pleasant Sts. · NPS record #82001881
Davis-Freeman House
The Davis-Freeman House is a historic house in Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA. Built in the early 17th century, it is a rare local example of a plank-framed house. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000214
Dyke-Wheeler House
The Dyke-Wheeler House is a historic colonial house in Gloucester, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000215
Eastern Point Light Station
Eastern Point Light is a historic lighthouse on Cape Ann, in northeastern Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Eastern Pt. · NPS record #87002027
First Parish Burial Ground (also Bridge Street Cemetery; Old Bridge Street Cemetery)
The First Parish Burial Ground is a historic cemetery located at 122 Centennial Avenue in Gloucester, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
122-R Centennial Ave. · NPS record #10000040
Gloucester City Hall (also Town Hall; City Hall)
Gloucester City Hall is located at 9 Dale Avenue in Gloucester, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Dale Ave. · NPS record #73000297
Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial
Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial (also known as: Man at the Wheel or Fishermen's Memorial Cenotaph) is a historic memorial cenotaph sculpture on South Stacy Boulevard, near entrance of Stacy Esplanade in Gloucester, Massachusetts, erected in 1925. [Wikipedia]
S. Stacy Blvd., near entrance of Stacy Esplanade · NPS record #96000473
Gloucester Net and Twine Company
The Gloucester Net and Twine Company is a historic factory in Gloucester, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Maplewood Ave., SE jct. of Maplewood Ave. and Grove St. · NPS record #96000474
Harraden, Edward, House
The Edward Harraden House is a historic house in Gloucester, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000212
Haskell, William, House
The William Haskell House is a historic colonial house in Gloucester, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000217
Herrick, Ella Proctor, House
The Ella Proctor Herrick House is a historic house in the rural western part of Gloucester, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000213
LAMARTINE (shipwreck)
The Lamartine is a 19th-century shipwreck lying in the waters of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, off Gloucester, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Address not published · NPS record #12000067
Lane, Fitz Henry (formerly known as Fitz Hugh), House
The building now sits in a municipal park, and has a commanding view of the harbor. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #70000837
Oak Grove Cemetery
The Oak Grove Cemetery is a historic cemetery, founded in 1854, which is bounded by Derby, Washington, and Grove Sts., and Maplewood Avenue in Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States. [Wikipedia]
Bounded by Derby, Washington, and Grove Sts., and Maplewood Ave. · NPS record #75000263
Our Lady of Good Voyage Church
Our Lady of Good Voyage Church is a historic Roman Catholic church at 136-144 Prospect Street and 2-4 Taylor Street in Gloucester, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
136--144 Prospect St. and 2--4 Taylor St. · NPS record #90000706
PORTLAND (Shipwreck and Remains) (also Steamship PORTLAND)
PS Portland was a large side-wheel paddle steamer, an ocean-going steamship with side-mounted paddlewheels. [Wikipedia]
Address not published · NPS record #04001473
Puritan House (also Tappan's Hotel; Atlantic House)
It was the first brick building to be built in the city. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #76000244
Sargent-Robinson House
The Sargent-Robinson House is a historic house in Gloucester, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #16000870
Stacy, George O., House
The elaborate Colonial Revival house now serves as part of the Bass Rocks Inn. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82004963
Ten Pound Island Light
The Ten Pound Island Light is a historic lighthouse in Gloucester Harbor in Gloucester, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Gloucester Harbor · NPS record #88001179
Webster-Lane House
The two-story wood-frame Greek Revival house was built sometime before 1845, when it first appears on city maps. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #96000475
White-Ellery House
It is on the National Register of Historic Places. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000216
Whittemore House
The Whittemore House is a First Period house in Gloucester, Massachusetts, built around 1700, based on an analysis of its framing and construction methods. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000218
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