Historic places in Harvard, Massachusetts

Harvard in Worcester County has 6 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 4 districts, 2 buildings. The first was listed in 1974 and the most recent in 1997. The most common areas of significance here are social history, community planning and development, architecture. 1 is a National Historic Landmark: Fruitlands. Open to visitors: Fruitlands Museums Historic District.

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Every National Register listing in Harvard

1. Fruitlands

   Listed March 19, 1974 · District · National Historic Landmark (May 30, 1974) · National significance · Access information not verified

   Social History

   Fruitlands was a utopian agrarian commune established in Harvard, Massachusetts, United States, by Amos Bronson Alcott and Charles Lane in the 1840s and based on transcendentalist principles. [Wikipedia]

   Prospect Hill · NPS record #74001761

2. Harvard Center Historic District (also Harvard Common)

   Listed September 22, 1997 · District · Local significance · Access information not verified

   Social HistoryCommunity Planning And DevelopmentArchitecture

   The Harvard Center Historic District is a historic district encompassing the traditional village center of Harvard, Massachusetts, USA. The district is centered on the town common, a triangular grassy space bounded by Elm Street, Still River Road, and Ayer Road. [Wikipedia]

   Ayer, Still River, Old Littleton, Bolton and Oak Hill Rds, Elm and Fairbanks Sts, Lovers Ln., Mass. Ave. and Old Boston · NPS record #97001091

3. Fruitlands Museums Historic District (also See Also:Fruitlands)

   Listed May 23, 1997 · District · Local significance · Open to visitors

   ArchitectureArtSocial HistoryCommunity Planning And DevelopmentEducationLandscape Architecture

   Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Massachusetts, is a museum about multiple visions of America on the site of the short-lived utopian community, Fruitlands. [Wikipedia]

   102 Prospect Hill Rd. · NPS record #97000439

4. Harvard Shaker Village Historic District

   Listed October 30, 1989 · District · State, Local significance · Access information not verified

   Community Planning And DevelopmentCommerceHistoric - Non-AboriginalArtAgricultureEngineering

   Harvard Shaker Village Historic District is a historic former Shaker community located roughly on Shaker Road, South Shaker Road, and Maple Lane in Harvard, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

   Roughly Shaker Rd., S. Shaker Rd., and Maple Ln. · NPS record #89001871

5. Still River Baptist Church (also Harvard Historical Society)

   Listed December 13, 1996 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

   ArchitectureSocial HistoryReligion

   Still River Baptist Church (also known as the Still River Meetinghouse) is the home of the Harvard Historical Society. [Wikipedia]

   213 Still River Rd. · NPS record #96001479

6. Warren, Frederick Fiske and Gretchen Osgood, House (also The Hutch)

   Listed December 6, 1996 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

   ArchitectureCommunity Planning And DevelopmentSocial History

   Built in 1894, it was the summer home of Frederick Fiske Warren and Gretchen Osgood Warren, who organized a major enclave of Georgist single tax properties in Harvard. [Wikipedia]

   Town-level location only · NPS record #96001466

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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.