Military history sites in Massachusetts

39 military history sites in Massachusetts with full, sourced guides, ranked by how well each is documented and whether access is verified. Being listed does not mean a place is open; check each guide.

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Old North ChurchBoston, MA · Building

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Boston Naval ShipyardBoston, MA · District

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Bunker Hill MonumentBoston, MA · Structure

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Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site (Additional Documentation)Cambridge, MA · District

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Revere, Paul, HouseBoston, MA · Building

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Springfield Armory (Additional Documentation)Springfield, MA · District

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Springfield Armory National Historic SiteSpringfield, MA · District

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Fort WarrenBoston, MA · District

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LUNA (tugboat)Boston, MA · Structure

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U.S.S. CONSTITUTIONBoston, MA · Structure

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USS CASSIN YOUNG (destroyer)Boston, MA · Structure

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USS MASSACHUSETTS (BB-59) National Historic LandmarkFall River, MA · Structure

Concord ArmoryConcord, MA · Building

Hammond CastleGloucester, MA · Building

Minute Man National Historical ParkConcord, MA · District

Old Harbor U.S. Life Saving StationChatham, MA · Building

Adriatic MillsWorcester, MA · Building

Common Burying Ground at Sandy BankMalden, MA · Site

Davis, Isaac, TrailActon, MA · Structure

Dwight-Henderson HouseGreat Barrington, MA · Building

Fort Banks Mortar BatteryWinthrop, MA · Site

Fort Devens Historic DistrictAyer, MA · District

Fort LeeSalem, MA · Site

Fort PhoenixFairhaven, MA · Structure

Harvard Square Historic District (Boundary Increase)Cambridge, MA · District

Lafayette-Durfee HouseFall River, MA · Building

Loring-Greenough HouseBoston, MA · Building

Marblehead Historic DistrictMarblehead, MA · District

Marconi Wireless Station SiteSouth Wellfleet, MA · Site

Meetinghouse Green Historic DistrictIpswich, MA · District

Old Chelmsford Garrison House ComplexChelmsford, MA · Building

Park Square Historic DistrictPittsfield, MA · District

Plymouth Light StationDuxbury, MA · Structure

Rockport Downtown Main Street Historic DistrictRockport, MA · District

Sanderson House and Munroe TavernLexington, MA · Building

South Green Historic DistrictIpswich, MA · District

Sudbury Center Historic DistrictSudbury, MA · District

Thayer, Gen. Sylvanus, HouseBraintree, MA · Building

Ward, Gen. Artemas, HomesteadShrewsbury, MA · Building

All 168 listings in this theme

• Acton Centre Historic District Acton · listed 1983
• Davis, Isaac, Trail Acton · listed 1972
• Faulkner Homestead Acton · listed 1971
• Russell, Jason House Arlington · listed 1974
• Fort Devens Historic District Ayer · listed 1993
• Becket Center Historic District Becket · listed 1982
• Bacon-Gleason-Blodgett Homestead Bedford · listed 1977
• Lane, David, House Bedford · listed 1980
• Lane, Job, House Bedford · listed 1973
• Page, Nathaniel, House Bedford · listed 1978
• Balch, John, House Beverly · listed 1973
• Beverly Powder House Beverly · listed 2019
• Fish Flake Hill Historic District Beverly · listed 1971
• Fish Flake Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase) Beverly · listed 1986
• Armory of the First Corps of Cadets Boston · listed 1973
• Boston African American National Historic Site (Additional Documentation) Boston · listed 1980
• Boston Common and Public Garden Boston · listed 1972
• Boston National Historical Park Boston · listed 2015
• Boston Naval Shipyard Boston · listed 1966
• Bunker Hill Monument Boston · listed 1966
• Commonwealth Pier Five Boston · listed 1979
• Copp's Hill Burial Ground Boston · listed 1974
• Dorchester Heights National Historic Site Boston · listed 1966
• Fort Independence Boston · listed 1970
• Fort Warren Boston · listed 1970
• John Eliot Square District Boston · listed 1973
• LUNA (tugboat) Boston · listed 1983
• Loring-Greenough House Boston · listed 1972
• Old North Church Boston · listed 1966
• ROSEWAY (schooner) Boston · listed 1997
• Revere, Paul, House Boston · listed 1966
• South Boston Naval Annex Historic District Boston · listed 2022
• U.S.S. CONSTITUTION Boston · listed 1966
• USS CASSIN YOUNG (destroyer) Boston · listed 1986
• Thayer, Gen. Sylvanus, House Braintree · listed 1974
• Goddard, John, House Brookline · listed 1985
• Brattle, William, House Cambridge · listed 1973
• Cambidge Common Historic District Amendment Cambridge · listed 1983
• Cambridge Common Historic District Cambridge · listed 1973
• Fort Washington Cambridge · listed 1973
• Harvard Square Historic District (Boundary Increase) Cambridge · listed 1988
• Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site (Additional Documentation) Cambridge · listed 1966
• Watson, Abraham, House Cambridge · listed 1982
• Rider Tavern Charlton · listed 1976
• Spurr, John, House Charlton · listed 1976
• Old Harbor U.S. Life Saving Station Chatham · listed 1975
• Old Chelmsford Garrison House Complex Chelmsford · listed 1973
• Naval Hospital Boston Historic District Chelsea · listed 1973
• Stafford Hill Memorial Cheshire · listed 1986
• Ames Manufacturing Company Chicopee · listed 1983
• Barrett, Col. James, Farm Concord · listed 1973
• Brown, Col. Roger, House Concord · listed 1983
• Concord Armory Concord · listed 2007
• Concord Monument Square-Lexington Road Historic District Concord · listed 1977
• Cuming, Dr. John, House Concord · listed 1977
• Minute Man National Historical Park Concord · listed 1966
• Wright's Tavern Concord · listed 1966
• Putnam, Gen. Israel, House Danvers · listed 1976
• Russell Garrison Dartmouth · listed 2018
• Dorchester Heights Historic District Dorchester · listed 2001
• Plymouth Light Station Duxbury · listed 1977
• Fort Phoenix Fairhaven · listed 1972
• Lafayette-Durfee House Fall River · listed 1982
• PT BOAT 796 (torpedo boat) Fall River · listed 1986
• U.S.S. JOSEPH P. KENNEDY JR. (DD-850) Fall River · listed 1976
• U.S.S. LIONFISH Fall River · listed 1976
• U.S.S. MASSACHUSETTS Fall River · listed 1976
• USS LIONFISH (SS0298) National Historic Landmark Fall River · listed 1976
• USS MASSACHUSETTS (BB-59) National Historic Landmark Fall River · listed 1976
• Torpedo Boat PT-617 Falls River · listed 1989
• Pratt, Capt. Josiah, House Foxboro · listed 1983
• Hammond Castle Gloucester · listed 1973
• Dwight-Henderson House Great Barrington · listed 1976
• Wheeler Family Farmstead Great Barrington · listed 2011
• Riverside Archeological District Greenfield · listed 1975
• Haverhill Powder House Haverhill · listed 2024
• Lincoln, Gen. Benjamin, House Hingham · listed 1972
• Holden Center Historic District Holden · listed 1977
• Mossman, Col. Adelbert, House Hudson · listed 1982
• Telegraph Hill Hull · listed 1976
• Meetinghouse Green Historic District Ipswich · listed 1980
• South Green Historic District Ipswich · listed 1980
• Kingston Center Historic District Kingston · listed 2002
• Buckman Tavern Lexington · listed 1966
• Lexington Green Lexington · listed 1966
• Minute Man National Historical Park (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation) Lexington · listed 2002
• Sanderson House and Munroe Tavern Lexington · listed 1976
• Brooks, Daniel, House Lincoln · listed 1973
• Longmeadow Historic District Longmeadow · listed 1982
• G.A.R. Hall and Museum Lynn · listed 1979
• Meetinghouse Common District Lynnfield · listed 1976
• Common Burying Ground at Sandy Bank Malden · listed 1981
• New Hampshire, The Manchester · listed 1976
• Fort Sewall Marblehead · listed 1975
• Glover, Gen. John, House Marblehead · listed 1972
• Marblehead Historic District Marblehead · listed 1984
• Rice, Capt. Peter, House Marlborough · listed 1980
• Hall, Isaac, House Medford · listed 1975
• Lawrence Light Guard Armory Medford · listed 1975
• Waters, Asa, Mansion Millbury · listed 1978
• Memorial Town Hall Monson · listed 1984
• Jenison, Robert, House Natick · listed 1978
• Tolman-Gay House Needham · listed 1982
• Townsend House Needham · listed 1982
• Carney, Sgt. William H., House New Bedford · listed 1975
• Lightship No. 114 New Bedford · listed 1990
• New Marlborough Village New Marlborough · listed 1982
• Newbury Historic District Newbury · listed 1976
• Durant, Capt. Edward, House Newton · listed 1976
• Osgood, Samuel, House North Andover · listed 1974
• Old Bay Road Norton · listed 1974
• Orange Armory Orange · listed 2020
• Hudson House Oxford · listed 1978
• Huguenot Fort Oxford · listed 1988
• Foster, Gen. Gideon, House Peabody · listed 1976
• Washington Street Historic District Peabody · listed 1985
• Pelham Town Hall Historic District Pelham · listed 1971
• Gay Farm Petersham · listed 1977
• Holland-Towne House Petersham · listed 1990
• Park Square Historic District Pittsfield · listed 1975
• Battell House Reading · listed 1984
• Cook, Asa M., House Reading · listed 1984
• Nichols, Jerry, Tavern Reading · listed 1984
• Parker Tavern Reading · listed 1975
• Anawan Rock Rehoboth · listed 1983
• Carpenter, Col. Thomas, III, House Rehoboth · listed 1983
• Pierce, Capt, Mial, Farm Rehoboth · listed 1983
• Slade Spice Mill Revere · listed 1972
• Rockport Downtown Main Street Historic District Rockport · listed 1976
• Putnam, Gen. Rufus, House Rutland · listed 1972
• Baker's Island Light Station Salem · listed 1976
• Fort Lee Salem · listed 1994
• Fort Pickering Salem · listed 1973
• Winter Island Historic District and Archeological District Salem · listed 1994
• Stoughtonham Furnace Site Sharon · listed 1984
• Ashley, Col. John, House Sheffield · listed 1975
• Ashley, Col. John, House (Boundary Increase) Sheffield · listed 1975
• Fellows, General John and Mary, Farmstead Sheffield · listed 2018
• Shrewsbury Historic District Shrewsbury · listed 1976
• Ward, Gen. Artemas, Homestead Shrewsbury · listed 1976
• Powder House Park Somerville · listed 1975
• Merrell Tavern South Lee · listed 1972
• Marconi Wireless Station Site South Wellfleet · listed 1975
• Federal Square Historic District Springfield · listed 2019
• Springfield Armory (Additional Documentation) Springfield · listed 2024
• Springfield Armory National Historic Site Springfield · listed 1966
• Water Shops Armory Springfield · listed 1980
• Sudbury Center Historic District Sudbury · listed 1976
• Godfrey, Gen. George, House Taunton · listed 1984
• Leonard, James, House Taunton · listed 1984
• Lincoln, Gen. Thomas, House Taunton · listed 1984
• Lothrop Memorial Building-G.A.R. Hall Taunton · listed 1984
• Topsfield Town Common District Topsfield · listed 1976
• Commanding Officer's Quarters, Watertown Arsenal Watertown · listed 1976
• Watertown Arsenal Historic District Watertown · listed 1999
• Claflin-Richards House Wenham · listed 1973
• Wenham Historic District Wenham · listed 1973
• Landlord Fowler Tavern Westfield · listed 1982
• Allen, Abel, House Weston · listed 1978
• Golden Ball Tavern Weston · listed 1972
• Train, Samuel, House Weston · listed 1976
• Woodward, Rev. Samuel, House Weston · listed 1976
• Old Town Bridge Weyland · listed 1975
• Simond, Col. Benjamin, House Williamstown · listed 1983
• Fort Banks Mortar Battery Winthrop · listed 2007
• Baldwin, Loammi, Mansion Woburn · listed 1971
• Adriatic Mills Worcester · listed 1980
• Flagg, Benjamin, House Worcester · listed 1980