Historic places in Methuen, Massachusetts
Methuen in Essex County has 43 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 37 buildings, 3 sites, 2 districts, 1 structure. The first was listed in 1978 and the most recent in 1984. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, community planning and development, social history.
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Every National Register listing in Methuen
Park Lodge
Park Lodge is a historic house in Methuen, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
257 Lawrence St. · NPS record #84002414
Pleasant-High Historic District
The Pleasant–High Historic District encompasses the earliest area of non-agricultural residential development in Methuen, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Broadway, High, Vine, Charles, and Pleasant Sts. · NPS record #84002417
Barker, Stephen, House (also Woodland Cottage)
Built in 1839, it is one of several handsome houses built at the periphery of the Methuen settlement in the mid-19th Century, and remains a well conserved "country Residence". Reportedly, surveyor Stephen Barker built "Woodland Cottage" in imitation of antebellum mansions he had seen in the South. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002307
Buswell, J.E., House
Built in 1875, it is one of the city's few high quality examples of Second Empire architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002317
Daddy Frye's Hill Cemetery
Daddy Frye's Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery at East and Arlington Streets in Methuen, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
East and Arlington Sts. · NPS record #84002320
Dolan, Terence, House
Built in 1900, it is a high-style local example of Colonial Revival architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002323
Double-arch Sandstone Bridge
The Double-arch Sandstone Bridge or more commonly known as the Sands Bridge, is a historic dry stone arch bridge over the Spicket River on Hampshire Road in Methuen, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Hampshire Rd. · NPS record #84002326
Emerson House
It is set in a rural corner of northeastern Methuen, near the town line with Haverhill. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002351
Emerson, Capt. Oliver, Homestead
The Capt. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002347
Emmons, G.B., House
The two story Queen Anne house was built c. 1890 for G.B. Emmons, president of the Emmons Loom Harness Company located in neighboring Lawrence. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002353
First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is an historic Baptist church building at 30 Park Street in Methuen, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
253 Lawrence St. · NPS record #84002365
First Church Congregational
First Church Congregational is a historic church at Pleasant and Stevens Streets in Methuen, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Pleasant and Stevens Sts. · NPS record #78000461
Hardy, Urias, House
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002367
House 15-19 Park Street
The Henry Preston House is a historic house in Methuen, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002388
House at 10 Park Street
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 20, 1984. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002385
House at 113-115 Center Street
Built about 1880, it is a rare surviving example of the type of worker housing built early in the expansion of the Arlington Mills. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002381
House at 13 Annis Street
Built about 1880, it is a typical small residence built for workers at the nearby Arlington Mills. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002387
House at 136 Hampstead Street
It is a nearly square 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house, with a side gable roof and clapboard siding. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002377
House at 23 East Street
Built in c. 1840, it is a 1+1⁄2-story three bay wood-frame structure with a side hall entry and a front-facing gable end. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002382
House at 262-264 Pelham Street
The two-story house was built in 1920, and is a roughly square center entry plan with a wraparound porch supported by fourteen rusticated Ionic columns. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002390
House at 306 Broadway
This style of house was relatively common in Methuen during the 1830s to the 1850s. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002379
House at 4 Birch Avenue
Its style, uncommon in the area, is reminiscent of period architecture in California. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002374
House at 491 Prospect Street
The three-story wood-frame building was built c. 1900. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002396
House at 50 Pelham Street
Built sometime in the 1870s, the 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house features typical Italianate decorations, including extended bracketed eaves (not just on the roof but also on projecting window lintels), doubled brackets in the gable eaves, and a round-arch window in the gable end. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002392
House at 526 Prospect Street
It is located near the city's historic early center, and was probably first occupied by farmers. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002394
House at 9 Park Street
Mrs. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002384
Johnson House
The Johnson House is a historic house in Methuen, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002398
Lawrence Street Cemetery
The Lawrence Street Cemetery, or more commonly known as "the Village Burying Ground", is a historic cemetery on Lawrence Street in Methuen, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Lawrence St. · NPS record #84002399
Methuen Memorial Music Hall (also Serlo Organ Hall)
Methuen Memorial Music Hall, initially named Serlo Organ Hall, is a music hall built by Edward Francis Searles to house "The Great Organ", a very large pipe organ originally built for the Boston Music Hall. [Wikipedia]
192 Broadway · NPS record #78000462
Methuen Water Works
The Methuen Water Works is a historic water works building on Cross Street in Methuen, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Cross St. · NPS record #84002403
Morse, Moses, House
The Moses Morse House is a historic house in Methuen, Massachusetts, USA. It is a rare surviving farmhouse in the town with 18th century origins, with its oldest elements dating to c. 1762. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002404
Nevins Memorial Library
The Nevins Memorial Library at 305 Broadway in Methuen, Massachusetts was built in 1883 to honor David Nevins, Sr. as a memorial gift from his wife Eliza Nevins (née Eliza Coffin), his elder son David Nevins, Jr., and his younger son Henry Coffin Nevins. [Wikipedia]
305 Broadway · NPS record #84002407
Nevins, Henry C., Home for Aged and Incurables
Henry C. Nevins Home for Aged and Incurables was built in 1906 in Methuen, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002406
Old Town Farm
Old Town Farm is a historic poor farm building in Methuen, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002413
Perkins, Joseph, House
The Joseph Perkins House is a historic house in Methuen, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002416
Searles High School
Searles High School, now Methuen City Hall, is a historic former school building at 41 Pleasant Street in Methuen, Massachusetts, and an excellent example of English Renaissance Revival architecture. [Wikipedia]
41 Pleasant St. · NPS record #84002431
Simpson, James E., House
The James E. Simpson House is a historic house in Methuen, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002432
Spicket Falls Historic District
The Spicket Falls Historic District encompasses the historic industrial and commercial heart of Methuen, Massachusetts, and one of the lower Merrimack River's best-preserved 19th century mill complexes. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Spicket River, Railroad, Pelham, Hampshire, Broadway and Osgood Sts. · NPS record #84002435
Swan, Asie, House
The Asie Swan House is a historic house in Methuen, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002437
Tenny Castle Gatehouse
The Tenney Castle Gatehouse is a historic gatehouse at 37 Pleasant Street in Methuen, Massachusetts, United States. [Wikipedia]
37 Pleasant St. · NPS record #84002438
Turnpike House
It was a 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure with a side-gable roof and a granite foundation, with two interior chimneys. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002439
Waldo, George A., House
The George A. Waldo House is a historic house in Methuen, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #84002441
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Walnut Grove Cemetery is a historic cemetery at Grove and Railroads Streets in Methuen, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Grove and Railroads Sts. · NPS record #84002444
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