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.
The following properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Arlington, Massachusetts.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted May 12, 2023.
The William Saunders House is an historic house at 6 Prentiss Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, three bays wide, with a front-facing gable roof. Two-story pilasters separate the bays, and there is an entablature below the fully pedimented gable. A single-story porch extends across the facade. The house was built by housewright William Saunders for his son, also named William. Originally located on Massachusetts Avenue, it was moved to its present location in 1926.
The Walter J. Squire House in Somerville, Massachusetts is a well-preserved transitional Italianate/Queen Anne house. The basic 2.5-story, front gable, three bay side entrance layout was fairly typical for Italianate houses in the city, as are the paired cornice brackets and hoods over the windows. The porch, however, has Queen Anne elements, including turned posts and the rising sun motif on its gable.
The Allyn House is a historic house in Arlington, Massachusetts. Built about 1898, it is a prominent local example of Craftsman style architecture. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The Baptist Society Meeting House is a historic former Baptist meeting house in Arlington, Massachusetts. Built in 1790, it is the town's oldest surviving church building. Now in residential use, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Winn Farm is a historic farmhouse at 57 Summer Street in Arlington, Massachusetts, USA. The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house is estimated to have been built c. 1820, and is the only surviving farmhouse in northwestern Arlington from that period. It is a typical Federal style house, five bays wide, with a center entrance, standing in a part of the town that was not developed more fully until the 20th century. Albert Winn, its likely builder, was active in local civic affairs, serving in town offices and as a state representative.
The Cushman House is a historic house in Arlington, Massachusetts. Built in the mid-1880s and moved to its present location in 1896, it is a well-preserved but fully realized example of Queen Anne architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The Ephraim Cutter House is a historic house at 4 Water Street in Arlington, Massachusetts. Built about 1804 by one of the town's leading mill owners, it is one of Arlington's few surviving Federal period houses. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, and included in an expansion of the Arlington Center Historic District in 1985.
The Edward Hall House is a historic house in Arlington, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1890 for Mrs. Edward Hall by Charles Bacon, owner of the Felt Mills in Winchester. It is one of the most elaborate treatments of Queen Anne style in the town, with asymmetrical massing typical of the style, Art Nouveau carvings in some of its gable ends, an elaborately decorated porch, and a turret with conical roof. The interior was destroyed by fire in 1893.
The Addison Hill House is a historic house located in Arlington, Massachusetts.
The Peirce Farm Historic District is a small historic district within the Arlington Heights neighborhood of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts. The district features three houses that are in a transitional style between Federal and Greek Revival styles, dating from the 1830s. The houses are located at 122 and 123 Claremont Avenue, and 178 Oakland Avenue. These three houses were all built by members of the Peirce family, who were among the earliest settlers of the Arlington Heights area, and owned much of its land into the late 19th century.
The William Prentiss House is a historic Greek Revival style house in Arlington, Massachusetts. Built c. 1860, it is one of the oldest houses in the Arlington Heights neighborhood of the town. It is 2 and a half stories in height, with a side gable roof that has a large shed-roof dormer. A 20th-century porch extends to the left side, and the centered entrance is sheltered by a modern glassy shallow vestibule. Stylistically, the house resembles a number of houses built in East Arlington around the same time, but is the only one of its type in this neighborhood. William Prentiss, a local farmer, was its first known owner. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The Robinson House is an historic house in Arlington, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1846 after the introduction of train service into Arlington. It has retained some of its Greek Revival styling despite the application of siding.
Russell Common is a historic row house at 2—10 Park Terrace in Arlington, Massachusetts. It is located just northeast of the center of town, behind the retail stores on Massachusetts Avenue. It is accessible from the municipal lot behind the Jefferson Cutter House The 2+1⁄2-story building is a rare example of a multiunit Shingle style building, and was designed by the locally prominent firm of Gay & Proctor. It was built for its proximity to the railroad, but is now surrounded by the commercial center of Arlington, and a parking lot that was a park at the time of its construction.
The Taylor-Dallin House is a historic house in Arlington, Massachusetts. The house is notable as being the home of sculptor Cyrus E. Dallin (1861–1944) from 1899 until his death. It is a Colonial Revival/Shingle style 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a hip roof studded with dormers, and a front porch supported by Tuscan columns. The house was built c. 1898 by Jack Taylor and sold to Dallin in 1899. Dallin's studio, no longer extant, stood in the rear of the property. Dallin was one of Arlington's most well-known citizens of the early 20th century, and his sculptures are found in several public settings around the town.
The Capt. Benjamin Locke House is a historic house in Arlington, Massachusetts. Built c. 1720, this 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house is one of the oldest buildings in Arlington, with a distinctive place in its history. It was the home of Benjamin Locke, a captain of the Menotomy Minutemen, and a skirmish of the 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord took place near the house. Locke sold the house in 1780 to a Baptist congregation, and it was used by them for services until 1790, when Locke bought it back. The building was the subject of legal action dealing with the separation of church and state, and was later the home of Locke's son, Lieutenant Benjamin Locke.
The Edmund Dwight House is a historic house at 5 Cambridge Street in Winchester, Massachusetts, straddling the town line with Arlington. It was built in 1858 in an Italianate style. It was one of the first and grandest country houses built in Winchester at a time when Boston businessmen were seeking to build such houses. Edmund Dwight, the wealthy businessman who was its first owner, was married to a great-granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson. The house's design is believed to be based loosely on that of Jefferson's Monticello. The house is sited for an expansive view of the Upper Mystic Lake. This residence was also home to Claude Shannon, the father of Information theory, and his wife Betty Shannon. While living there, they installed a chair lift that took the rider from the home down to the lake.
The Addison Prentiss House is a historic house in Worcester, Massachusetts. The house was built c. 1877, and is one of the city's finer Gothic Revival houses built in brick. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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