Historic places in Southbridge, Massachusetts
Southbridge in Worcester County has 85 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 73 buildings, 12 districts. The first was listed in 1979 and the most recent in 2023. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, industry, agriculture.
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Every National Register listing in Southbridge
Central Mills Historic District
The Central Mills Historic District encompasses a historic mill complex on the Quinebaug River in central Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Quinebaug River, North St., and Central St. · NPS record #89000595
Glover Street Historic District
The Glover Street Historic District is a residential historic district in Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Glover St. between High and Poplar Sts. · NPS record #89000601
Hamilton Woolen Company Historic District
The Hamilton Woolen Company Historic District encompasses the well preserved "Big Mill" complex of the Hamilton Woolen Company, built in the mid 19th century. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by McKinstry Brook, Quinebaug River, and Mill St. · NPS record #89000594
Sacred Heart Church Historic District
The Sacred Heart Church Historic District encompasses the complex of buildings associated with the Sacred Heart Church on Charlton Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Charlton St. · NPS record #89000598
Twinehurst American Optical Company Neighborhood
The Twinehurst American Optical Company Neighborhood is a residential historic district in Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Winchurst St. · NPS record #89000593
Vinton-Boardman Farmhouse
The Vinton-Boardman Farmhouse was built in 1760 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000586
Academie Brochu
The Academie Brochu is a historic school at 29 Pine Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
29 Pine St. · NPS record #89000568
Alden, William E., House
Built in 1882 for a prominent local businessman, it is a fine example of a modest home with Queen Anne and Stick style decoration. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000562
Alden-Delahanty Block
The Alden-Delehanty Block is a historic commercial block at 858 Main Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
858 Main St. · NPS record #89000572
American Optical Company Historic District
The American Optical Company Historic District encompasses a historic industrial complex on the Quinebaug River in Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Optical Dr., Mechanic, Case, Cabot, Charlton, Main, and Wells Sts. · NPS record #100008957
Ammidown-Harding Farmhouse
Built sometime in the 18th century, it is one of Southbridge's few surviving houses from that time. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000552
Ashland Mill Tenement
The Ashland Mill Tenement is a historic tenement at 141-145 Ashland Avenue in Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
141--145 Ashland Ave. · NPS record #89000545
Bacon-Morse Historic District
The Bacon–Morse Historic District encompasses a historic rural village center in Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
N. Woodstock Rd. at Tipton Rock Rd. · NPS record #89000602
Beechwood
Built in 1868, it is prominent locally as a fine early example of Stick style architecture, and as one of the first houses to be built that became one of the city's upper-class neighborhoods. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000527
Boyer, Alexis, House
Built in 1888, it is a good local example of Queen Anne/Stick style architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000560
Building at 25-27 River Street
The Building at 25–27 River Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts, is one of two similar triple-deckers built during a housing boom related to the success of the nearby Hamilton Woolen Company. [Wikipedia]
25--27 River St. · NPS record #89000574
Building at 29-31 River Street
The Building at 29–31 River Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts, is one of two once similar triple-deckers built during a housing boom related to the success of the nearby Hamilton Woolen Company. [Wikipedia]
29-31 River St. · NPS record #89000575
Building at 38-42 Worcester Street
The Building at 38–42 Worcester Street is a historic six-unit triple decker in Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
38--42 Worcester St. · NPS record #89000589
Building at 52 Main Street
The Building at 52 Main Street is a historic triple decker residence in Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
52 Main St. · NPS record #89000583
Centre Village Historic District (also See Also:First Church of Christ Unitarian)
The Centre Village Historic District encompasses the historic central business district of Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Along Main St. · NPS record #79000379
Chamberlain-Bordeau House
Built sometime between 1855 and 1870, it is one of the best preserved Italianate houses in the city. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000569
Chapin Block (also Flat Iron Building)
The Chapin Block is a historic commercial building at 208-222 Hamilton Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
208--222 Hamilton · NPS record #89000558
Cheney, Alpha M., House
It was built in 1881 for Alpha M. Cheney, then one of the largest shareholders in American Optical Company, one of Southbridge's largest employers. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000526
Cheney, J. M., Rental House
It is a well-preserved vernacular Victorian house exhibiting details in a number of different styles. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000564
Clarke-Glover Farmhouse
Built about 1830, it is a good local example of Greek Revival architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000536
Cliff Cottage
Built before 1855, it is a distinctive combination of Greek Revival and Gothic features executed in stone. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000570
Cole, E. Merritt, House
Built in the early 19th century and restyled sometime between 1855 and 1878, it is a distinctive local example of Gothic Revival architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000576
Comins-Wall House
Built about 1850, it is a distinctive local example of a Greek Revival cottage with later Victorian embellishments. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000555
Congregational Church
The Elm Street Congregational Church is a historic church in Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
61 Elm St. · NPS record #89000591
Cummings, E. B., House
Built in the 1870s, it is an unusually late example of Greek Revival architecture with Italianate embellishments and later Victorian additions. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000566
Dani and Soldani Cabinet Makers and Wood Workers Factory
The Dani and Soldani Cabinet Makers and Wood Workers Factory is a historic factory building at 484 Worcester Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
484 Worcester St. · NPS record #89000529
Dennison School House
Built about 1849, it is the city's only surviving rural district schoolhouse built in brick. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000551
Dresser, Sylvester, House
Built sometime between 1865 and 1870, it is a distinctive local example of Italianate architecture with some Gothic features. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000523
Dunbar-Vinton House
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000573
Durfee, Henry E., Farmhouse
Built about 1849, it is a good example of Greek Revival architecture, and a reminder of the now suburban area's once agricultural past. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000547
Elm Street Fire House
Built in 1899, it was Southbridge's second fire house (after the Globe Village Fire House) to be built in the 1890s, and serves as the fire department headquarters. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000530
Evangelical Free Church
The Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, formerly the Evangelical Free Church, is a historic church building at 446 Hamilton Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Hamilton St. · NPS record #89000561
Gleason, James, Cottage
Built about 1830 for a local businessman, it is a regionally rare example of vernacular Gothic Revival architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000533
Globe Village Fire House
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000540
Hamilton Mill Brick House
Built c. 1855 by the Hamilton Woolen Mill Company, it is one of a small number of brick company housing units to survive from that time. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000542
Hamilton Mill-West Street Factory Housing
The Hamilton Mill—West Street Factory Housing is a historic house at 45 West Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
45 West St. · NPS record #89000541
Hamilton Millwright-Agent's House
Built about 1840, it is a rare surviving house from the Hamilton Woolen Company's early period of worker house construction. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000543
Harrington, Theodore, House
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000557
Hartwell, George H., House
It is a rare example of a modest vernacular Italianate house in Southbridge, and one of the only ones built of brick. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000556
Hartwell, Samuel C., House
It is an unusual example of an early Queen Anne Victorian house built of brick. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000592
High-School Streets Historic District
The High–School Streets Historic District encompasses a cluster of fourteen houses representing one of the best well preserved mid-19th century residential districts in Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
High St. at School St. · NPS record #89000600
Hodgson, William, Two-Family House
The 1+1⁄2-story Greek Revival duplex was built sometime between 1855 and 1870. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000578
House at 18 Walnut Street
It was built c. 1898 by George Wells, president of the locally important American Optical Company, apparently to provide worker housing for company employees. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000580
House at 3 Dean Street
It is a small 1+1⁄2-story house, three bays wide, presenting its side to the street. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000587
House at 34 Benefit Street
After opening its new Main Plant in The Flats section of Southbridge, workers began to migrate there from the Globe Village neighborhood, increasing demand for housing in that area. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000585
House at 59-63 Crystal Street
It is a 2.5-story wood-frame house, in a late Victorian style with both Italianate and Colonial Revival elements. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000584
House at 64 Main Street
It was built for George Wells, president of the American Optical Company, as a property to rent to factory workers. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000582
House at 70-72 Main Street
A gambrel-roofed three family house its gable end faces the street, and is adorned with porches, of which the one on the third floor has since been enclosed. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000581
House at 91 Coombs Street
Since then, it has apparently been demolished; a modern duplex now stands on the property. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000525
Judson-Litchfield House
Built sometime in the 1830s, it is a well-preserved local example of brick Greek Revival architecture, of which there are few surviving examples in the city. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000539
Kinney, A., House
The A. Kinney House is a historic house located in Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000565
LaCroix-Mosher House
It is one of a few remaining Colonial Revival mansions from the early 20th century in Southbridge. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000524
LaRochelle, Napoleon, Two-Family House
An excellent example of a vernacular Victorian duplex, it was probably built around 1890 for Napoleon LaRochelle, a polisher for the American Optical Company. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000567
Maple Street Historic District
The Maple Street Historic District consists of a cluster of ten similar worker cottages on Maple Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Maple St. · NPS record #89000597
Marcy, Mrs. R., House
Mrs. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000535
Mary E. Wells School
The Mary E. Wells School is a historic school building at 80 Marcy Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
80 Marcy St. · NPS record #100008958
McKinstry, William, Farmhouse
Despite significant later alteration, it is one of the oldest surviving farmhouses in Southbridge. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000571
McKinstry, William, Jr., House (also Monitor Roof House)
The William McKinstry Jr. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000528
Morse, H., House
The 2½-story wood-frame house was probably built in the 1840s, and is a well-preserved example of a rural Greek Revival farmhouse. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000538
New York, New Haven & Hartford Passenger Depot
Southbridge station is a former train station in Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Depot St. · NPS record #89000554
Notre Dame Catholic Church
Notre Dame Catholic Church is a historic church in Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Main St. at Marcy St. · NPS record #89000563
Oakes, J. J., House
It is one of a few surviving Second Empire houses in Southbridge. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000534
Phillips, E. M., House
The two story L-shaped house was built in 1871 for E. M. Phillips, a local insurance agent. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000532
Plimpton, Simon, Farmhouse
The Simon Plimpton Farmhouse is a historic farm in Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000550
Richard, Stephen, House
It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house with two interior chimneys and fairly basic vernacular Federal styling. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000522
Smith-Lyon Farmhouse
It is an unusual example of a well-preserved rural Greek Revival house in Southbridge. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000546
Southbridge Town Hall
Southbridge Town Hall is an historic town hall at 41 Elm Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
41 Elm St. · NPS record #87001378
St. George's Greek Orthodox Church
St. [Wikipedia]
55 North St. · NPS record #89000579
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church-St. Mary's School
St. [Wikipedia]
Hamilton and Pine Sts. · NPS record #89000559
Stone, Lorenzo R., House
It was built between 1830 and 1855 for Lorenzo Stone, occupation unknown. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000537
Sumner, George, House
The 2+1⁄2-story late Federal wood-frame house was built sometime before 1830, probably for Major George Sumner (who is recorded as its owner in 1855). [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000577
Tapin, Eugene, House
The large Tudor Revival house was built in 1929, at a time when rural portions of Southbridge were gradually becoming suburbanized. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000549
Tiffany-Leonard House
Built about 1832, it is a distinctive and high-quality local example of Greek Revival architecture, and is notable for its association with prominent local business owners. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000590
Upper Chapin Street Historic District
The Upper Chapin Street Historic District is a residential historic district on Chapin Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Chapin St. at Forest Ave. · NPS record #89000599
Vinton-Torrey House
It was built in 1841 by J. Eliot Vinton, whose ancestor John acquired the land in 1738. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000588
Wells, George B. and Ruth D., House
Built in 1932 to a design by Boston architect Paul Wood, it is one of the first International Style houses to be built in the northeastern United States. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000548
Wells, H. C., Double House
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame duplex was built in the late 1880s or early 1890s by Hiram C. Wells, member of the Wells family which owned the locally important American Optical Company. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000531
Wells, John M., House
The Wells family were the founders of the American Optical Company, a leading business in Southbridge. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000553
Wheeler, Albert H., House
It was built in the late 19th century, and is an example of a modest Queen Anne Victorian. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89000544
Windsor Court Historic District (also American Optical Company Neighborhood)
The Windsor Court Historic District is a residential historic district in Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States. [Wikipedia]
Windsor Ct. at North St. · NPS record #89000596
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