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Massachusetts

4,528 listed places across 14 counties, 194 of them National Historic Landmarks.

4,528
Listings
194
National Historic Landmarks
979
Historic districts
14
Counties with listings

53 cities in Massachusetts with a page of listings → · 22 of them have walking tours

By county

Middlesex 1,353Worcester 699Essex 493Bristol 391Norfolk 350Suffolk 350Barnstable 209Berkshire 184Hampden 172Plymouth 148Hampshire 89Franklin 62Dukes 24Nantucket 4

Built by decade

1700s 291710s 341720s 381730s 291750s 401760s 231770s 241780s 291790s 541800s 671810s 431820s 551830s 651840s 1261850s 1481860s 971870s 1601880s 1621890s 2081900s 1161910s 1141920s 631930s 33

Landmarks

Landmark · Milton
Forbes, Capt. Robert B., House
National Historic LandmarkListed 1966
Landmark · Boston
Cary Cottage
National Historic LandmarkListed 1985
Landmark · New Bedford
Corson Building
National Historic LandmarkListed 1966
Landmark · Lowell
Hamilton Manufacturing Company Countinghouse
National Historic LandmarkListed 1976

National Historic Landmarks

Adams AcademyNHL1974
John Quincy Adams BirthplaceNHL1966
John Adams BirthplaceNHL1966
Adventure (schooner)NHL1989
African MeetinghouseNHL1971
Alden, John and Priscilla, Family SitesNHL1978
American Antiquarian SocietyNHL1968
Nathan Appleton ResidenceNHL1977
Arnold ArboretumNHL1966
Frederick Ayer MansionNHL2005
Maria Baldwin HouseNHL1976
Beacon Hill Historic DistrictNHL1966
BeauportNHL2003
Edward Bellamy HouseNHL1971
George D. Birkhoff HouseNHL1975
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Boardman HouseNHL1966
Boston AthenaeumNHL1966
Boston CommonNHL1987
Boston LightNHL1966
Boston Manufacturing CompanyNHL1977
Boston Naval ShipyardNHL1966
Boston Public GardenNHL1987
Boston Public LibraryNHL1973
Nathaniel Bowditch HouseNHL1966
Louis Brandeis HouseNHL1972
Brick Kitchen & Slave QuartersNHL1966
Percy Bridgman HouseNHL1975
Brook FarmNHL1966
Brookline Reservoir of the Cochituate AqueductNHL2015
William Cullen Bryant HomesteadNHL1966
Buckman TavernNHL1966
Bunker Hill MonumentNHL1966
Parson Capen HouseNHL1966
Cary CottageNHL1985
Central Congregational ChurchNHL2012
Christ ChurchNHL1966
Jethro Coffin HouseNHL1968
Cole's HillNHL1966
Converse Memorial BuildingNHL1985
Corson BuildingNHL1966
Crane and Company Old Stone Mill Rag RoomNHL1983
Crane, Thomas, Public LibraryNHL1972
Paul Cuffe FarmNHL1974
Caleb Cushing HouseNHL1973
Reginald A. Daly HouseNHL1976
Daniel Chester French Home and Studio, "Chesterwood"NHL1966
William Morris Davis HouseNHL1976
Derby SummerhouseNHL1968
Emily Dickinson HouseNHL1966
Du Bois, William E.B., Boyhood HomesiteNHL1976
ElmwoodNHL1966
Ralph Waldo Emerson HouseNHL1966
Ernestina (schooner)NHL1985
Ether Dome, Massachusetts General HospitalNHL1966
Fairbanks HouseNHL1966
Faneuil HallNHL1966
Fenway StudiosNHL1978
Reginald A. Fessenden HouseNHL1976
First Church of Christ, LancasterNHL1970
Flying HorsesNHL1979
Capt. Robert B. Forbes HouseNHL1966
Fort WarrenNHL1970
FruitlandsNHL1974
Margaret Fuller HouseNHL1971
Gardner-Pingree HouseNHL1970
William Lloyd Garrison HouseNHL1966
Gibson HouseNHL2001
Gen. John Glover HouseNHL1972
Goddard Rocket Launching SiteNHL1966
Gore PlaceNHL1970
John B. Gough HouseNHL1974
Asa Gray HouseNHL1966
Great Blue Hill Weather ObservatoryNHL1980
Great HouseNHL1977
Gropius HouseNHL2000
H.H. Richardson Historic District of North EastonNHL1987
Hamilton HallNHL1970
Hamilton Manufacturing Company CountinghouseNHL1976
Hancock Shaker Village Trustees HouseNHL1968
Hancock-Clarke HouseNHL1971
Chester Harding HouseNHL1966
Harvard StadiumNHL1987
Oliver Hastings HouseNHL1970
Headquarters HouseNHL1966
Oliver Wendell Holmes HouseNHL1972
House of Seven Gables Historic DistrictNHL1973
Samuel Gridley Howe and Julia Ward HouseNHL1974
Jacob's Pillow Dance FestivalNHL2003
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site (Additional Documentation)NHL1967
Johnson, Nathan and Mary (Polly), PropertiesNHL2000
Kennedy CompoundNHL1972
King's ChapelNHL1974
Lexington GreenNHL1966
Liberty FarmNHL1974
Gen. Benjamin Lincoln HouseNHL1972
Little, Arthur D., Inc., BuildingNHL1976
Lodge, Henry Cabot, HouseNHL1976
Long Wharf and Custom House BlockNHL1966
Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site (Additional Documentation)NHL1966
Lowell's Boat ShopNHL1988
Luna (tugboat)NHL1983
Mary Baker Eddy HouseNHL2021
Mary Baker Eddy HouseNHL2021
Massachusetts General HospitalNHL1970
Massachusetts Hall, Harvard UniversityNHL1966
Massachusetts Historical Society BuildingNHL1966
Massachusetts StatehouseNHL1966
Herman Melville HouseNHL1966
Memorial Hall, Harvard UniversityNHL1970
George R. Minot HouseNHL1976
Mission HouseNHL1968
Mount Auburn CemeteryNHL1975
The MountNHL1971
Mvcma TabernacleNHL2005
Nantucket Historic DistrictNHL1966
NaumkeagNHL1975
Nauset Archeological DistrictNHL1993
William C. Nell HouseNHL1976
New England Conservatory of MusicNHL1980
Norfolk County CourthouseNHL1972
Old City HallNHL1970
Old ManseNHL1966
Old North ChurchNHL1966
Old Ship MeetinghouseNHL1966
Old South Church in BostonNHL1970
Old South Meeting HouseNHL1966
Old State HouseNHL1966
Old West ChurchNHL1970
Olmsted, Frederick Law, House, National Historic SiteNHL1966
Orchard HouseNHL1966
Otis, (First) Harrison Gray, HouseNHL1970
Francis Parkman HouseNHL1966
The ParsonageNHL1971
Peabody Museum of SalemNHL1966
Peirce-Nichols HouseNHL1968
Pierce-Hichborn HouseNHL1968
Lydia Pinkham HouseNHL2012
Pt Boat 796 (torpedo boat)NHL1986
Gen. Rufus Putnam HouseNHL1972
Quincy HomesteadNHL1970
Quincy MarketNHL1966
Josiah Quincy HouseNHL1997
Red TopNHL1971
Revere Beach ReservationNHL2003
Paul Revere HouseNHL1966
Ellen H. Swallow Richards HouseNHL1992
Theodore W. Richards HouseNHL1976
Roseway (schooner)NHL1997
Rotch, William J., Gothic CottageNHL2006
William Jr. Rotch HouseNHL2005
Isaac Royall HouseNHL1966
Count Rumford BirthplaceNHL1975
Sampson-White Joiner ShopNHL2023
Sampson-White Joiner ShopNHL2023
Saugus Iron Works National Historic SiteNHL1966
David Sears HouseNHL1970
Sever Hall, Harvard UniversityNHL1970
Shirley-Eustis HouseNHL1966
Spencer-Pierce-Little HouseNHL1968
Springfield Armory National Historic SiteNHL1966
St. Paul's ChurchNHL1970
StonehurstNHL1975
Joseph Story HouseNHL1973
Mary Fisk Stoughton HouseNHL1989
Charles Sumner HouseNHL1973
Symphony HallNHL1999
Elihu Thomson HouseNHL1976
Torpedo Boat Pt-617NHL1989
Tremont Street SubwayNHL1966
Trinity ChurchNHL1970
William Monroe Trotter HouseNHL1976
Peter Tufts HouseNHL1968
Twin Lights Historic District-Cape Ann Light StationNHL1971
U.S. CustomhouseNHL1970
U.S.S. ConstitutionNHL1966
U.S.S. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850)NHL1976
Union Oyster HouseNHL2003
United First Parish Church (Unitarian) of QuincyNHL1970
University Hall, Harvard UniversityNHL1970
USS Cassin Young (destroyer)NHL1986
USS Lionfish (SS0298) National Historic LandmarkNHL1976
USS Massachusetts (BB-59) National Historic LandmarkNHL1976
The ValeNHL1970
Walden PondNHL1966
John Ward HouseNHL1968
The WaysideNHL1980
Webster, Daniel, Law Office and LibraryNHL1974
Wells-Thorn HouseNHL1966
Western Railroad Stone Arch Bridges and Chester Factory Village DepotNHL2021
Western Railroad Stone Arch Bridges and Chester Factory Village DepotNHL2021
John Whipple HouseNHL1966
John Greenleaf Whittier HouseNHL1966
Woburn Public LibraryNHL1976
Wright's TavernNHL1966

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  1. 1
    U.S.S. Constitution
    Structure · Boston
    53,553
  2. 2
    Plymouth Rock
    Object · Plymouth
    18,162
  3. 3
    Gardner, Isabella Stewart, Museum
    Building · Boston
    8,897
  4. 4
    USS Massachusetts (BB-59) National Historic Landmark
    Structure · Fall River
    8,346
  5. 5
    Porcellian Club
    Building · Cambridge
    7,272

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