This is a list of properties and districts in Massachusetts listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are over 4,300 listings in the state, representing about 5% of all NRHP listings nationwide and the second-most of any U.S. state, behind only New York. Listings appear in all 14 Massachusetts counties.
This is a list of properties and historic districts in Winchester, Massachusetts, that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
St. Mary's Catholic Church is a historic church at 159 Washington Street in Winchester, Massachusetts. The church is part of St Mary's Parish, which includes St Mary's School. Both are part of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston.
The Albert Ayer House is a historic house in Winchester, Massachusetts. Built around the year 1865, it is a conservative but detailed example of early Italianate architecture. It was built for a locally prominent civic leader. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The Arthur H. Russell House is a historic house in Winchester, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1899 for Arthur H. Russell, a Boston lawyer who also served as moderator of Winchester's town meetings. The house is a distinctive local example of Medieval Revival styling, with heavily shingled elements, decorative vergeboard trim, and window styles of varying size and window pane type.
The Carr-Jeeves House is a historic house in Winchester, Massachusetts. Built in 1869, it is fine local example of Second Empire architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The Charles Russell House is a historic house at 993 Main Street in Winchester, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built by Charles Russell in 1841, on a site that was one of the first settled in what is now Winchester. The five-bay facade has a center entry that is framed by sidelight and transom windows, and is sheltered by a portico with fluted Ionic columns. The house also has corner pilasters and a high entablature.
The Dike-Orne House was a historic house in Winchester, Massachusetts. A typical rambling New England farmstead, this c. 1850 house was one of the few mid-19th century farmhouses to survive into the late 20th century. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It was demolished in 1996.
The Edmund Parker Jr. House is a historic house in Winchester, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1826, and is one of a few transitional Federal-Greek Revival houses in the town. It has the typical Federal plan of five bays wide and two deep, with a center entry framed by a Greek Revival portico. The house was built by Edmund Parker Jr., whose father was one of the first settlers in the area.
The Edward Gardner House is a historic house at Zero Gardner Place in Winchester, Massachusetts. Built about 1764, it is one of the oldest buildings in Winchester, and is also important for its association with the Gardner family, who were early settlers of the area. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The George Wyman House is a historic house in Winchester, Massachusetts. The 2.5-story wood-frame house was built in the late 1820s, and is a rare local example of transitional Federal-Greek Revival styling. Basically Federal in its form, with side gable roof and five bay front, its center entry with full-length sidelights is more Greek Revival in character. The house was built by George Wyman near the site of one of the first houses to be built in what is now Winchester.
The Harrison Parker Sr. House is a historic house in Winchester, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1843 by Harrison Parker Sr., the owner of a local lumber mill. It is also one of the finer examples of Italianate style in the town, with a low-pitch hip roof with wide eaves decorated with brackets, and small attic windows set in the architrave. The second story windows have round-arch tops, and there are decorated porches on three sides. The interior includes well-preserved period details.
The Jacob Stanton House is a historic house in Winchester, Massachusetts, United States. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house with a gabled front portico supported by two-story smooth columns. The main facade and the gable end are finished in flushboarding, and the second-story balcony features an ironwork railing. The house was built c. 1840 by Deacon Nathan Brooks Johnson, a local blacksmith who may have made the balcony railings. It is Winchester's only high-style temple-front Greek Revival house. After Johnson's death it was purchased by Jacob Stanton, who built the Brown & Stanton Block in downtown Winchester.
The James H. Mann House is a historic house at 23 Hancock Street in Winchester, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built by James H. Mann for his own use. Mann was a prominent local builder who also built the Carr-Jeeves House, another picturesque house with a mixture of architectural elements. This house is predominantly Gothic Revival in character, with its main body topped by a double roof roughly looking like a monitor. There is a three-story tower topped by a jerkin-headed roof, whose gable lines are decorated by Stick-style vergeboard.
The Johnson-Thompson House is a historic house in Winchester, Massachusetts. Built c. 1750, this two story Georgian house is the oldest structure in Winchester. The house contains evidence it once had a large central chimney, a typical Georgian feature, which was later removed and replaced by the narrower chimneys on the rear wall. The house was probably built by William Johnson, a prominent figure in the history of Woburn, when this area was part of that town. In 1858 Timothy Thompson, who had married Caroline Johnson, inherited the property.
The Louis N. Maxwell House is a historic house in Winchester, Massachusetts. The 2.5-story wood-frame house was built c. 1890 for Louis N. Maxwell, and is one of the finest examples of Shingle style architecture in Winchester. Although the main roof ridge is parallel to the street, the front facade presents a cross gable with roof line that sweeps down to the first floor. The entry is recessed behind a porch area underneath this gable, and there is a turret with conical roof to the gable's left.
The Marshall Symmes House is a historic house in Winchester, Massachusetts. Built c. 1817, it is a rare local example of Federal period brick-end house, and is further notable for its association with the Symmes family, who were among Winchester's earliest settlers. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
Oak Knoll is a historic estate house in Winchester, Massachusetts. This large Queen Anne/Colonial Revival house was built in the early 1890s by Lewis Parkhurst, a partner in the publishing house of Winchester resident Edwin Ginn. Parkhurst's mansion is the last surviving late 19th-century mansion house in Winchester. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The S. B. White House is a historic house in Winchester, Massachusetts. The 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in the early 1850s, and is one of the finest local examples of Gothic Revival architecture. Its exterior is finished in clapboards, and its steeply-pitched gables are decorated with icicle-like vergeboard. Its entry is flanked by sidelight windows and sheltered by porch added later. The house was built and owned by Samuel B. White, Jr., who served as Winchester's first town treasurer.
The Trowbridge-Badger House is a historic house in Winchester, Massachusetts. The large 2.5-story house was built c. 1886, and is an excellent local representative of predominantly Queen Anne styling with Colonial Revival features. The house's irregular roof line, with many gables and projecting sections, is typically Queen Anne, while the shingled porch with Tuscan columns is Colonial Revival. Little is known of its early owners beyond their names.
