National Register Listings in Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Abbotsford
Adams-Nervine Asylum
African Meetinghouse
All Saints' Church
Allston Congregational Church
Ames Building
Appleton, Nathan, Residence
Arlington Street Church
Armory of the First Corps of Cadets
Arnold Arboretum
Ascension-Caproni Historic District
Austin, Francis B., House
Ayer, Frederick, Mansion
Back Bay Historic District
Baker Congregational Church
Baker, Sarah J., School
Beach-Knapp District
Beacon Hill Historic District
Bedford Building
Bellevue Standpipe
Bellingham Square Historic District
Bellingham-Cary House
Benedict Fenwick School
Benjamin Silverman Apartments
Bennington Street Burying Ground
Berger Factory
Bigelow School
Blackstone Block Historic District
Blake and Amory Building
Blake, James, House
Boston African American National Historic Site
Boston Athenaeum
Boston Common
Boston Common and Public Garden
Boston Consumptives Hospital
Boston Edison Electric Illuminating Company
Boston Fish Pier Historic District
Boston Light
Boston National Historical Park
Boston National Historical Park
Boston Naval Shipyard
Boston Police Station Number One-Traffic Tunnel Administration Building
Boston Public Garden
Boston Public Library
Boston Transit Commission Building
Boston Young Men's Christian Association
Boston Young Men's Christian Union
Bowditch School
Boylston Building
Brighton Center Historic District
Brighton Evangelical Congregational Church
Brook Farm
Building at 138-142 Portland Street
Buildings at 825-829 Blue Hill Avenue
Bulfinch Triangle Historic District
Bunker Hill Monument
Bunker Hill School
Calf Pasture Pumping Station Complex
Cartoof & Sherman Apartments
Cathedral of St. George Historic District
Central Congregational Church
Charles Playhouse
Charles River Reservation (Speedway)-Upper Basin Headquarters
Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church
Charlestown Heights
Chelsea Garden Cemetery
Chelsea Square Historic District
Chestnut Hill Reservoir Historic District
Christ Church
Church Green Buildings Historic District
Church of Christ
Clapp Houses
Codman Building
Codman Square District
Collins Building
Columbia Road-Bellevue Street Historic District
Columbia Road-Devon Street Historic District
Columbia Road-Strathcona Road Historic District
Commonwealth Pier Five
Compton Building
Congregation Adath Jeshurun
Congregation Agudath Shalom
Congress Street Fire Station
Copp's Hill Burial Ground
Copp's Hill Terrace
Crawford Street Historic District
Crowninshield House
Custom House District
Cyclorama Building
Davidson, Sarah, Apartment Block
Dearborn School
Dill Building
Dillaway School
Dimock Community Health Center Complex
District 13 Police Station
Dorchester Heights Historic District
Dorchester Heights National Historic Site
Dorchester North Burying Ground
Dorchester Park
Dorchester Pottery Works
Dorchester South Burying Ground
Dorchester Temple Baptist Church
Dorchester-Milton Lower Mills Industrial District
Dorchester-Milton Lower Mills Industrial District (Boundary Increase)
Douglass, Frederick, Square Historic District
Downtown Chelsea Residential Historic District
Dudley Station Historic District
Eagle Hill Historic District
East Boston High School, Old
Egleston Substation
Eliot Burying Ground
Eliot Congregational Church
Eliot Hall
Elm Hill Park Historic District
Engine House No. 34
Esmond Street Historic District
Ether Dome, Massachusetts General Hospital
Evergreen Cemetery
Fairview Cemetery (Additional Documentation)
Faneuil Hall
Faneuil, Peter, School
Fenway Park
Fenway Studios
Fenway-Boylston Street District
Fields Corner Municipal Building
Filene's Department Store
First Baptist Church
First Church of Jamaica Plain
First Congregational Church of Hyde Park
Forest Hills Cemetery
Fort Banks Mortar Battery
Fort Independence
Fort Point Channel Historic District
Fort Warren
Fowler-Clark-Epstein Farmstead
Fox, I.J., Building
Frances and Isabella Apartments
Francis Street-Fenwood Road Historic District
Fulton-Commercial Streets District
Fulton-Commercial Streets Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Gardner, Isabella Stewart, Museum
Garrison, William Lloyd, House
Garrison, William Lloyd, School
Gibson House
Goldsmith Block
Goodwin, Ozias, House
Governor Shirley Square Historic District
Greek Orthodox Cathedral of New England
Greenville Street Historic District
Greenwood Memorial United Methodist Church
Gridley Street Historic District
Haffenreffer Brewery
Hale, Edward Everett, House
Harding, Chester, House
Harrison Square Historic District
Harriswood Crescent
Harvard Avenue Fire Station
Harvard Avenue Historic District
Harvard Stadium
Haskell, Edward H., Home for Nurses
Hayden Building
Headquarters House
Hibernian Hall
Highland Spring Brewery Bottling and Storage Buildings
Home for Aged Couples
Hoosac Stores 1 & 2-Hoosac Stores 3
House at 1 Bay Street
House at 17 Cranston Street
Howe, Samuel Gridley and Julia Ward, House
Hoxie, Timothy, House
Immaculate Conception Rectory
International Trust Company Building
Intervale Street-Blue Hill Avenue Historic District
Intervale Street-Columbia Road Historic District
John Adams Courthouse
John Eliot Square District
Joshua Bates School
Kimball, C. Henry, House
King's Chapel
Kittredge, Alvah, House
Lawrence Avenue Historic District
Lawrence Model Lodging Houses
Leather District
Liberty Tree District
Locke-Ober Restaurant
Long Island Head Light
Long Wharf and Customhouse Block
Loring, Harrison, House
Loring-Greenough House
Lower Roxbury Historic District
LUNA (tugboat)
Lyman, Theodore, School
Malcolm X-Ella Little Collins House
Mariner's House
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts Historical Society Building
Massachusetts Mental Health Center
Massachusetts School of Art
Massachusetts Statehouse
McKay, Donald, House
Metropolitan Theatre
Mission Hill Triangle Historic District
Monument Square Historic District
Monument Square Historic District
Moreland Street Historic District
Morton Street, Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston
Mount Hope Cemetery
Mount Pleasant Historic District
Nathan Warnick Apartments
Naval Hospital Boston Historic District
Nazing Court Apartments
Nell, William C., House
Neponset Valley Parkway, Metorpolitan Park System of Greater Boston
New England Conservatory of Music
New Riding Club
Newspaper Row
Newton, Edward B., School
Nix's Mate Daybeacon
North Terminal Garage
Oak Square School
Ohabei Shalom Cemetery
Old City Hall
Old Corner Bookstore
Old Harbor Reservation Parkways, Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston
Old North Church
Old South Church in Boston
Old South Meetinghouse
Old State House
Old West Church
Otis, (First) Harrison Gray, House
Otis, (Second) Harrison Gray, House
Paine Furniture Building
Park Street District
Parkman, Francis, House
Peabody, The
Phipps Street Burying Ground
Piano Row District
Pierce House
Pierce-Hichborn House
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Publicity Building
Quincy Grammar School
Quincy Market
Revere Beach Reservation
Revere Beach Reservation Historic District
Revere City Hall and Police Station
Revere, Paul, House
Richards, Ellen H. Swallow, House
Richardson Block
Riviera, The
Ronan, Mary, T., School
ROSEWAY (schooner)
Roslindale Baptist Church
Roslindale Congregational Church
Roslindale Substation
Roughan Hall
Roxbury High Fort
Roxbury Highlands Historic District
Roxbury Presbyterian Church
Rumney Marsh Burying Ground
Russia Wharf Buildings
Saint Augustine Chapel and Cemetery
Saint Mark's Episcopal Church
Samuel Edelman Apartments
Savin Hill Historic District
Sears Roebuck and Company Mail Order Store
Sears' Crescent and Sears' Block
Sears, David, House
Second Brazer Building
Second Church in Boston
Sherman Apartments Historic District
Shirley-Eustis House
Shubert, Sam S., Theatre
Slade Spice Mill
South Boston Boat Clubs Historic District
South End District
South End District (Boundary Increase)
South Station Headhouse
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Complex
St. Luke's and St. Margaret's Church
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
St. Paul's Church
St. Stephen's Church
Stearns, R. H., House
Stony Brook Reservation Parkways, Metropolitan Park System of Great Boston MPS
Students House
Suffolk County Jail
Sumner Hill Historic District
Sumner, Charles, House
Symphony and Horticultural Halls
Symphony Hall
Temple Place Historic District
Terminal Storage Warehouse District
Textile District
Thane Street Historic District
Theodore Parker Unitarian Universalist Church
Town Hill District
Tremont Street Subway
Trinity Church
Trinity Neighborhood House
Trinity Rectory
Trotter, William Monroe, House
Truman Parkway-Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston
U.S.S. CONSTITUTION
Union Oyster House
Union Wharf
United Shoe Machinery Corporation Building
United State Post Office, Courthouse, and Federal Building
Upham's Corner Market
US Post Office Garage
USS CASSIN YOUNG (destroyer)
Vermont Building
VFW Parkway, Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston
Walton and Roslin Halls
Washington Street Theatre District
West Street District
Westerly Burial Ground
Wigglesworth Building
Wilbur Theatre
Winthrop Building
Winthrop Center/Metcalf Square Historic District
Winthrop Parkway, Metropolitan Parkway System of Greater Boston
Winthrop Shore Dr., Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston
Winthrop, Deane, House
Wirth, Jacob, Buildings
Woodbourne Historic District
Youth's Companion Building
YWCA Boston
About Suffolk County
Suffolk County Timeline
Suffolk County, located in eastern Massachusetts, has a long and rich history dating back to the early colonial period. The area was originally inhabited by the Massachusett Native American tribe, who lived along the shores of the Charles River and Boston Harbor. In 1620, the Pilgrims arrived in nearby Plymouth, marking the beginning of European settlement in the region.
In 1630, the settlement of Boston was founded by Puritan colonists led by John Winthrop. Over the next few decades, Boston became a major center of trade and commerce. Suffolk County was officially established in 1643, encompassing the towns of Boston, Roxbury, and Dorchester. The county was named after Suffolk in East Anglia, England, the birthplace of many of the settlers.
During the American Revolution, Suffolk County played a significant role. The Boston Tea Party, a protest against British taxation, occurred in Boston Harbor in 1773. Battles such as the Battle of Bunker Hill took place in the county, as the British sought to regain control of the city. After the war, Boston continued to thrive as an important port and center of industry.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, Suffolk County experienced significant growth and development. The Industrial Revolution led to the expansion of manufacturing, with industries such as textiles and shoes becoming prominent. The county also underwent a major urban renewal effort in the mid-20th century, resulting in the construction of modern buildings and infrastructure.
Today, Suffolk County remains a vibrant and diverse region, home to the city of Boston and many other thriving communities. It continues to be a hub of culture, education, and innovation, attracting residents and visitors from around the world.
In 1630, the settlement of Boston was founded by Puritan colonists led by John Winthrop. Over the next few decades, Boston became a major center of trade and commerce. Suffolk County was officially established in 1643, encompassing the towns of Boston, Roxbury, and Dorchester. The county was named after Suffolk in East Anglia, England, the birthplace of many of the settlers.
During the American Revolution, Suffolk County played a significant role. The Boston Tea Party, a protest against British taxation, occurred in Boston Harbor in 1773. Battles such as the Battle of Bunker Hill took place in the county, as the British sought to regain control of the city. After the war, Boston continued to thrive as an important port and center of industry.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, Suffolk County experienced significant growth and development. The Industrial Revolution led to the expansion of manufacturing, with industries such as textiles and shoes becoming prominent. The county also underwent a major urban renewal effort in the mid-20th century, resulting in the construction of modern buildings and infrastructure.
Today, Suffolk County remains a vibrant and diverse region, home to the city of Boston and many other thriving communities. It continues to be a hub of culture, education, and innovation, attracting residents and visitors from around the world.
Suffolk County Timeline
This timeline provides a glimpse into the major events and milestones that have shaped the history of Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
- Suffolk County, MA was established in 1643.
- In 1774, the county played a significant role in the American Revolution, with events such as the Boston Tea Party.
- During the 19th century, Suffolk County became an important center for manufacturing and trade.
- In the early 20th century, Suffolk County experienced an influx of immigrants, particularly from Europe.
- In 2004, Suffolk County became the first county in Massachusetts to adopt the Community Preservation Act.