Historic places in Rockport, Massachusetts
Rockport in Essex County has 10 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 6 buildings, 2 districts, 2 structures. The first was listed in 1971 and the most recent in 2004. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, engineering, transportation. 1 is a National Historic Landmark: Twin Lights Historic District-Cape Ann Light Station.
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Every National Register listing in Rockport
Twin Lights Historic District-Cape Ann Light Station (also Thatcher's Island Twin Lights; Cape Anne Light Station)
The Cape Ann Light Station on Thacher Island, off Cape Ann in Rockport, Massachusetts, is nationally significant as the last light station to be established under colonial rule and the first station in the United States to mark a navigational hazard rather than a harbor entrance. [Wikipedia]
1 mi. E of Rockport on Thatcher's Island · NPS record #71000355
Old Garrison House
The Old Garrison House is a First Period house in Rockport, Massachusetts, which has been dated through dendrochronology to at least 1711. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000254
Rockport Downtown Main Street Historic District
The Rockport Downtown Main Street Historic District encompasses part of the historic center of Rockport, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Portions of Main, Cleaves, Jewett, and School Sts. · NPS record #76000288
Rockport High School, Old (also Rockport Community House)
The Old Rockport High School, now the Rockport Community House, is a historic school building at 58 Broadway in Rockport, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
58 Broadway · NPS record #04000424
Gott House
The Gott House is a historic late First Period house in Rockport, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000255
Granite Keystone Bridge (also Granite Bridge)
The Granite Keystone Bridge is a historic bridge that carries Granite Street (Massachusetts Route 127) over the former railroad that transported granite from Pigeon Hill to Granite Pier in Rockport, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Granite St. · NPS record #81000117
Old Castle (also Wheeler House)
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was probably built c. 1712 by Jethro Wheeler, in whose family it remained for six generations. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #78000466
Rockport High School
Rockport High School is a public high school in Rockport, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
4 Broadway · NPS record #97000498
Sewall-Scripture House (also Sandy Bay Historical Society Building)
The Sewall-Scripture House, is a historic house museum in Rockport, Massachusetts that is owned by the Sandy Bay Historical Society. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001902
Straightsmouth Island Light
The Straitsmouth Island Light is a lighthouse located on Straitsmouth Island, in Rockport, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Straightsmouth Island · NPS record #87001487
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