Nantucket Historic District
Nantucket Historic District is a district in Nantucket, Massachusetts, listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 13, 1966.
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- Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts
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History
The Nantucket Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District that encompasses the entire island of Nantucket, Massachusetts. The original December 13, 1966 listing on the National Register of Historic Places included only the historic downtown core and the village of Siasconset, but was expanded in 1975 to include the entire island, as well as the islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget. At over 30,000 acres, it is the largest conventional National Historic Landmark District by area in the contiguous United States.
Much of the district was originally designated as a local historic district in 1955, making it one of the earliest historic districts in the United States, along with the Charleston Historic District in Charleston, South Carolina, the Vieux Carre Historic District in New Orleans, and the Old and Historic Alexandria District in Alexandria, Virginia. Since 1955, the Nantucket Historic District Commission has been the governing authority charged with overseeing the island's preservation.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. The official nomination form is linked under Sources.
Other listings in Nantucket
- Coffin, Jethro, House Building · listed 1968
- Brant Point Light Station Structure · listed 1987
- Sankaty Head Light Structure · listed 1987
Nearby historic places
- Monomoy Point Lighthouse Chatham, MA · about 20 mi