National Register Listing

Central Gloucester Historic District

a.k.a. See Also:City Hall;Gloucester House;Puritan House;The Book S

Roughly bounded by Middle, Main, Center, Hancock, Short, Prospect and Pleasant Sts., Gloucester, MA
Local significance of the district:
Industry; Commerce; Politics/government; Architecture; Religion

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.