Historic places in Plymouth, Massachusetts
Plymouth in Plymouth County has 24 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 13 buildings, 6 districts, 2 structures, 2 objects, 1 site. The first was listed in 1966 and the most recent in 2020. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, exploration/settlement, religion. 1 is a National Historic Landmark: Cole's Hill. Open to visitors: Howland, Jabez, House, MAYFLOWER II (square-rigged sailing ship), Pilgrim Hall.
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Every National Register listing in Plymouth
Cole's Hill
Cole's Hill is a National Historic Landmark containing the first cemetery used by the Mayflower Pilgrims in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. [Wikipedia]
Carver St. · NPS record #66000142
Howland, Jabez, House
The Jabez Howland House is a historic house at 33 Sandwich Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
33 Sandwich St. · NPS record #74002032
MAYFLOWER II (square-rigged sailing ship)
Mayflower II is a reproduction of the 17th-century ship Mayflower, celebrated for transporting the Pilgrims to the New World in 1620. [Wikipedia]
State Pier, Pilgrim Memorial State Park, 79 Water St. · NPS record #100005762
Old County Courthouse (also Plymouth Old County Courthouse; Old Town House)
The Old County Courthouse (also known as the Plymouth Old County Courthouse or the Old Town House) is an historic court house on Leyden Street and Market Street in the Town Square of Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Leyden and Market Sts. · NPS record #72001297
Parting Ways Archeological District (also Parting Ways)
Parting Ways was an African-American settlement of free Black people adjacent to present-day Route 80 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, near the Plymouth/Kingston town line. [Wikipedia]
Address not published · NPS record #79000367
Pilgrim Hall
The Pilgrim Hall Museum at 75 Court Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts is the oldest public museum in the United States in continuous operation, having opened in 1824. [Wikipedia]
75 Court St. · NPS record #72001298
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock is a boulder in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, which was claimed to have been at the site where the Mayflower Pilgrims landed to found Plymouth Colony in December 1620. [Wikipedia]
Water St. · NPS record #70000680
Town Brook Historic and Archeological District (also See Also:Plymouth Village Historic District; Sparrow, Richard)
The Town Brook Historic and Archeological District is a historic district encompassing much of the length of Town Brook and its surrounding landscape in Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Address not published · NPS record #95001176
Bartlett-Russell-Hedge House (also Plymouth Federal Savings and Loan Association)
The Bartlett–Russell–Hedge House is a historic house in Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #76001614
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage
The Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage is an historic church and parsonage at 6 Sever Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
6 Sever St. · NPS record #07000168
Bradford-Union Street Historic District (also Bradford Area)
The Bradford–Union Street Historic District encompasses a waterfront residential area of Plymouth, Massachusetts, developed in the mid-19th for workers in local maritime and other industries. [Wikipedia]
Bradford, Union, Emerald, Water Cure, and Freedom Sts. · NPS record #83004094
Clifford-Warren House
The 1+1⁄2-story gambrel-roofed Cape style house was built c. 1695. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #80000666
Duxbury Pier Light (also Bug Light; Duxbury Pier Lighthouse)
Duxbury Pier lighthouse also called Duxbury Light (nicknamed the "Bug Light") is a lighthouse located in Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Mouth of Duxbury Bay at Plymouth Bay, 5.1 mi. NNE. of Plymouth Rock · NPS record #14000287
First Parish Church of Plymouth
First Parish Church in Plymouth is a historic Unitarian Universalist church at the base of Burial Hill on the town square off Leyden Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
19 Town Sq. · NPS record #14000973
Harlow Old Fort House
Town-level location only · NPS record #74001762
Harlow, Sgt. William, Family Homestead (also Harlow-Holmes House; Kendall-Holmes House)
The Sgt. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82004434
Hillside
Hillside is a historic house located at 230 Summer Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
230 Summer St. · NPS record #75001626
National Monument to the Forefathers
The National Monument to the Forefathers, formerly known as the Pilgrim Monument, commemorates the Mayflower Pilgrims. [Wikipedia]
Allerton St. · NPS record #74002033
Old Burial Hill (also Buial Hill Cemetery; Fort Hill)
Burial Hill is a historic cemetery or burying ground on School Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Church, School & S. Russell Sts. · NPS record #13000582
Pinewoods Camp (also Pine Tree Camp)
Pinewoods Camp is a traditional dance and music camp located on 31 acres (13 ha) of woodland between Long Pond and Round Pond in Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
80 Cornish Field Rd. · NPS record #09001151
Plymouth Antiquarian House (also Hedge House; Hammatt House)
The Plymouth Antiquarian House (also known as Hedge House or "Hammatt House") is an historic house museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts owned by the Plymouth Antiquarian Society. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #74002034
Plymouth Post Office Building
The Plymouth Post Office Building is a historic former post office building in Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
5 Main St. · NPS record #86002926
Plymouth Village Historic District (also See also:Coles Hill)
The Plymouth Village Historic District is a historic district encompassing part of the area of earliest settlement of the Plymouth Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Water, Main and Brewster Sts. · NPS record #82004435
Sparrow, Richard, House (also See Also:Town Square-Town Brook Historic District)
The house was built around 1640 by Richard Sparrow, an English surveyor who arrived in Plymouth in 1636. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #74002035
Other towns in Plymouth County
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