Sudbury Center Historic District
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Sudbury Center Historic District is a historic district
on Concord and Old Sudbury Roads in Sudbury, Massachusetts
. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1976. In 1976, it included 80 buildings over 193.6 acre (0.783472096 km²).
According to a Town of Sudbury
website, "Of historical significance in this District is the Loring Parsonage, c. 1700, the First Parish Meetinghouse, built in 1797, site of Sudbury’s second Meetinghouse and first Town Meeting, the 19th century Presbyterian Church, and the Grange Hall, erected in 1846. The Hosmer House, standing at the corner of Concord and Old Sudbury Roads is a typical residence of the early 19th century. Here, also, is the Common where the Militia and Minutemen mustered on the morning of April 19, 1775, and just beyond the old Town Hall is the Revolutionary Cemetery and Monument. To the east of the Centre is the Haynes Garrison site where the people of Sudbury defended their lives and frontier settlements against the allied Indian forces of Philip of Pokonoket
."
It includes representations of Mid 19th Century Revival, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, and Federal architecture
styles.
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...
on Concord and Old Sudbury Roads in Sudbury, Massachusetts
Sudbury, Massachusetts
Sudbury is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, population 17,659. The town was incorporated in 1639, with the original boundaries including what is now Wayland. Wayland split from Sudbury in 1780. When first incorporated, it included and parts of Framingham, Marlborough, Stow...
. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1976. In 1976, it included 80 buildings over 193.6 acre (0.783472096 km²).
According to a Town of Sudbury
Sudbury, Massachusetts
Sudbury is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, population 17,659. The town was incorporated in 1639, with the original boundaries including what is now Wayland. Wayland split from Sudbury in 1780. When first incorporated, it included and parts of Framingham, Marlborough, Stow...
website, "Of historical significance in this District is the Loring Parsonage, c. 1700, the First Parish Meetinghouse, built in 1797, site of Sudbury’s second Meetinghouse and first Town Meeting, the 19th century Presbyterian Church, and the Grange Hall, erected in 1846. The Hosmer House, standing at the corner of Concord and Old Sudbury Roads is a typical residence of the early 19th century. Here, also, is the Common where the Militia and Minutemen mustered on the morning of April 19, 1775, and just beyond the old Town Hall is the Revolutionary Cemetery and Monument. To the east of the Centre is the Haynes Garrison site where the people of Sudbury defended their lives and frontier settlements against the allied Indian forces of Philip of Pokonoket
Metacomet
Metacomet , also known as King Philip or Metacom, or occasionally Pometacom, was a war chief or sachem of the Wampanoag Indians and their leader in King Philip's War, a widespread Native American uprising against English colonists in New England.-Biography:Metacomet was the second son of Massasoit...
."
It includes representations of Mid 19th Century Revival, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, and Federal architecture
Federal architecture
Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design...
styles.