Phillipston Center Historic District

Phillipston Center Historic District

Congregational Meeting House
Location Phillipston, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°33′3″N 72°8′13″W / 42.55083°N 72.13694°W / 42.55083; -72.13694Coordinates: 42°33′3″N 72°8′13″W / 42.55083°N 72.13694°W / 42.55083; -72.13694
Built 1784
Architectural style Federal, Greek Revival
NRHP Reference #

99001385

[1]
Added to NRHP November 22, 1999

Phillipston Center Historic District encompasses the historic village center of Phillipston, Massachusetts. The town was first settled in 1751 on land grants made in the 1730s, and was incorporated as a separate town in the 1770s. The surviving village center is not far from the location of the first settlement, which eventually came to include a tavern. After incorporation the center developed around what is now the junction of the Baldwinville, Petersham, and Templeton Roads, although this took time, possibly because of difficulties associated with the American Revolutionary War. As a result, the district has relatively few properties that date to the 18th century. All of these are modest vernacular residential structures. The town grew only modestly until 1830, after which time its population declined, not reaching the same level until 1980, 150 years later. As a rresult of the lack of growth, most of the properties in the district are Federal and Greek Revival in character. Many of the institutional buildings in the center date to the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[2]

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for Phillipston Center Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-22.


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