National Register Listings in Essex County, Massachusetts
Abbot Hall
Abbot Tavern
Abbot, Asa and Sylvester, House
Abbot, Benjamin, House
Abbot, J. T., House
Abbot-Baker House
Abbot-Battles House
Abbot-Stinson House
Academy Hill Historic District
Adams, Abraham, House
Adams-Clarke House
ADVENTURE (schooner)
Agawan Diner
American Woolen Company Townhouses
American Woolen Mill Housing District
Amesbury and Salisbury Mills Village Historic District
Amesbury Friends Meeting House
Andover National Bank
Andover Town Hall
Andover Village Industrial District
Ann's Diner
Annisquam Harbor Light Station
Arden
Arlington Mills Historic District
Arlington-Basswood Historic District
Asbury Grove Historic District
Babson-Alling House
Bailey House
Bailey, Timothy P., House
Baker's Island Light Station
Balch, John, House
Ballardvale District
Barker, Stephen, House
Barnard Block
Barnard, Parson, House
Beauport
Beauport
Bellvue Cemetery
Beverly Center Business District
Beverly Depot
Beverly Depot-Odell Park Historic District
Beverly Grammar School
Beverly Powder House
Blakeley Building
Blanchard-Upton House
Boardman House
Boardman, John, House
Bowditch, Nathaniel, House
Bowker Place
Boxford Village Historic District
Bradford Burial Ground
Bradford Common Historic District
Bradlee School
Breakheart Reservation Parkways-Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston
Bridge Street Neck Historic District
Briggs Carriage Company
Brown House
Brown Square House
Brown Stocking Mill Historic District
Brown's Manor
Brown, Austin, House
Buildings at 24-30 Summer St.
Burnham, David, House
Burnham, James, House
Burnham-Patch House
Buswell, J.E., House
Cable, Benjamin Stickney, Memorial Hospital
Cabot, Capt. John, House
Caldwell Block
Calef, Dr. John, House
Capen, Parson, House
Capitol Diner
Carlton-Frie-Tucker House
Castle Hill
Central Gloucester Historic District
Central Square Historic District
Central Street District
Chandler-Bigsby-Abbot House
Chandler-Hidden House
Chaplin-Clarke House
Charter Street Historic District
Chase, Samuel, House
Chestnut Street District
Chestnut Street District (Boundary Increase)
Chickering House
Choate Bridge
Choate, Rufus, House
City Hall
Claflin-Richards House
Cochran,Jehiel, House
Cogswell's Grant
Coker, Benjamin, House
Community House
Conant, Exercise, House
Corning, Samuel, House
Crombie Street District
Cushing, Caleb, House
Daddy Frye's Hill Cemetery
Dalton House
Dascomb House
Davis, Ephraim, House
Davis-Freeman House
Derby Summerhouse
Derby Waterfront District
Derby Wharf Light Station
Diamond Historic District
Dickinson-Pillsbury-Witham House
Dodge Building
Dolan, Terence, House
Double-arch Sandstone Bridge
Downtown Lawrence Historic District
Downtown Salem District
Dustin House
Dyke-Wheeler House
East End Historic District
East Gloucester Square Historic District
East Parish Meeting House
Eastern Point Light Station
Emerson House
Emerson House
Emerson, Capt. Oliver, Homestead
Emmons, G.B., House
Engine House No. 6
English High School
Essex Company Machine Shop
Essex Company Offices and Yard
Essex County Court Buildings
Essex Insitiute Historic District
Essex Town Hall and TOHP Burnham Library
Estey Tavern
Fabens Building
Federal Street District
Felton, Nathaniel, Houses
First Baptist Church
First Church Congregational
First Parish Burial Ground
First Religious Society Church and Parish Hall
First Unitarian Church
First Universalist Church
Fish Flake Hill Historic District
Fish Flake Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Flint Farm
Flint Public Library
Follansbee House
Fort Pickering
Fort Sewall
Foster, Gen. Gideon, House
Foster, Phineas, House
Foster, Stephen, House
Foster, William, House
Fowler House
Fowler, Rea Putnam, House
Fox Hill School
French-Andrews House
Friend, James, House
Front Street Block
Frye, Nathan, House
Frye, Samuel, House
Fuller, Joseph, House
Fuller, Lieut. Thomas, House
G.A.R. Hall and Museum
Gardiner-Pingree House
Gedney and Cox Houses
Georgetown Central School
Gerry, Elbridge, House
Giddings, George, House and Barn
Giddings-Burnham House
Gleason Building
Gloucester City Hall
Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial
Gloucester Net and Twine Company
Glover, Gen. John, House
Goodale, Isaac, House
Gott House
Gould, Capt. Joseph, House
Gould, Zaccheus, House
Grace Episcopal Church
Granite Keystone Bridge
Grant, Benjamin, House
Gray, David, House
Great Stone Dam
Greenlawn Cemetery
Hale, Reverend John, House
Hale-Boynton House
Hamilton Hall
Hamilton Historic District
Hammond Castle
Harding, Sarah H., House
Hardy, Joseph, House
Hardy, Urias, House
Harnden Farm
Harraden, Edward, House
Harris Farm
Hart House
Haskell, William, House
Hastings-Morse House
Haverhill Board of Trade Building
Haverhill Historical Society Historic District
Hayes, Charles H., Building
Hazen-Kimball-Aldrich House
Hazen-Spiller House
Heard-Lakeman House
Henfield House
Herrick, Ella Proctor, House
Hickey-Osborne Block
High Rock Tower-High Rock Cottage and Daisy Cottage
High Service Water Tower and Reservoir
High Street Cemetery
High Street Historic District
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, House
Holt Farm
Holt-Cummings-Davis House
Holyoke-French House
Hooper, Robert "King", Mansion
Hopkinson, George, House
Hose House No. 2
Hospital Point Light Station
House 15-19 Park Street
House at 10 Park Street
House at 113-115 Center Street
House at 13 Annis Street
House at 136 Hampstead Street
House at 23 East Street
House at 262-264 Pelham Street
House at 306 Broadway
House at 4 Birch Avenue
House at 491 Prospect Street
House at 50 Pelham Street
House at 526 Prospect Street
House at 9 Park Street
House at 922 Dale Street
House of Seven Gables Historic District
House on Labor-in-Vain Road
Howe Barn
Howe Village Historic District
Humphreys, Sir John, House
Intervale Factory
Ipswich Mills Historic District
Jackson Terrace Historic District
Jenkins, Benjamin, House
Johnson House
Johnson, Capt. Timothy, House
Joseph Fenno House-Woman's Friend Society
Kimball, Solomon, House
Kittredge Mansion
Kunhardt, George, Estate
L.H. Hamel Leather Company Historic District
Lake, Stanley, House
Lambert, Thomas, House
Lane, Fitz Henry (formerly known as Fitz Hugh), House
Larch Farm
Lawrence Street Cemetery
Lee, Jeremiah, House
Lincolnshire, The
Livermore, William, House
Lodge, Henry Cabot, House
Lovejoy, Charles, House
Low, Thomas, House
Lowell's Boat Shop
Lynn Bank Block
Lynn Common Historic District
Lynn Masonic Hall
Lynn Memorial City Hall and Auditorium
Lynn Public Library
Lynn Realty Company Building No. 2
Lynn Woods Historic District
Lynn, Armory
Machine Shop Village District
Macy-Colby House
Main Street Historic District
Main Street-Locke
Manchester Village Historic District
Manning House
Marblehead Historic District
Marblehead Light
March, Samuel, House
Market Square Historic District
Mary Baker Eddy House
Mechanics Block Historic District
Mechanics Block Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Meetinghouse Common District
Meetinghouse Green Historic District
Memorial Hall Library
Merrifield House
Merrimack Associates Building
Methuen Memorial Music Hall
Methuen Water Works
Monroe, Bessie, House
Moore-Hill House
Morse, Moses, House
Morse, Timothy, House
Mowers' Block
Munroe Street Historic District
Murray, William, House
Musgrove Block
Nahant Beach Boulevard-Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston
Nahant Civic Historic District
Nahant Life-Saving Station
Nevins Memorial Library
Nevins, Henry C., Home for Aged and Incurables
New Hampshire, The
Newbury Historic District
Newburyport Harbor Front Range Light
Newburyport Harbor Light
Newburyport Harbor Rear Range Light
Newburyport Historic District
Newell Farm
Newhall, Lucian, House
Newman-Fiske-Dodge House
North Andover Center Historic District
North Canal
North Canal Historic District
North Canal Historic District (Boundary Increase)
North Street Fire Station
Norwood-Hyatt House
Noyes, James, House
O'Shea Building
Oak Grove Cemetery
Odd Fellows' Hall
Old Castle
Old Farm
Old Garrison House
Old Lynn High School
Old Post Office Building
Old Public Library
Old Town Farm
Old Town Hall Historic District
Old Town House
Olmsted Subdivision Historic District
Orlando
Osborne, Prince, House
Osgood Farm
Osgood Hill
Osgood, Col. John, House
Osgood, Samuel, House
Our Lady of Good Voyage Church
Paine-Dodge House
Palmer School
Park Lodge
Patch, Emeline, House
Peabody Central Fire Station
Peabody City Hall
Peabody Civic Center Historic District
Peabody Institute
Peabody Institute Library
Peabody Museum of Salem
Peabody School
Peabody, George, House
Peabody, John P., House
Pearson, Abiel, House
Perkins, John, House
Perkins, Joseph, House
Perrin, William, House
Pierce-Nichols House
Pillsbury-French House
Pine Grove Cemetery
Pinkham, Lydia, House
Platts-Bradstreet House
Pleasant-High Historic District
Point Neighborhood Historic District
Primrose Street Schoolhouse
Proctor, John, House
Punchard, Benjamin House
Puritan House
Putnam, Deacon Edward, Jr., House
Putnam, Gen. Israel, House
Putnam, James, Jr., House
Rea-Proctor Homestead
Ridgewood Cemetery
River Road-Cross Street Historic District
Rockport Downtown Main Street Historic District
Rockport High School
Rockport High School, Old
Rocks Village Historic District
Rocky Hill Meetinghouse and Parsonage
Rocky Neck Historic District
Rogers-Downing House
Rollins, John R., School
Ross Tavern
Russell House
Rust, Nathaniel, Mansion
Sacred Heart Parish Complex
Salem Common Historic District
Salem Common Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Salem Diner
Salem Landry
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
Salem Village Historic District
Salem Willows Historic District
Samuel Brown School
Sargent-Robinson House
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
Saugus Town Hall
Saunders, Daniel, School
Sawyer House
School Street School
Searles High School
Seaside Park
Second O'Shea Building
Sewall-Scripture House
Shawsheen Village Historic District
Shepard Block
Simpson, James E., House
Smith House
Smith, Hazadiah, House
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building
South Green Historic District
Southwick House
Spencer-Pierce-Little House
Spicket Falls Historic District
Spofford-Barnes House
Sprague House
St. Michael's Church
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church and Rectory
St. Stephen's Memorial Church
Stacy, George O., House
State Lunatic Hospital at Danvers
Stevens, Abiel, House
Story Grammar School
Story, Joseph, House
Straightsmouth Island Light
Superior Courthouse and Bartlett Mall
Sutton Block
Swampscott Cemetery
Swampscott Fish House
Swampscott Railroad Depot
Swan, Asie, House
Tapley Building
Tavern Acres Historic District
Ten Pound Island Light
Tenny Castle Gatehouse
Third Railroad Station
Thomson, Elihu, House
Thorndike, Capt. John, House
Titcomb, Benaiah, House
Topsfield Town Common District
Towne Farm
Tufts, Rev. John, House
Turner Hill
Turnpike House
Twin Lights Historic District-Cape Ann Light Station
United Shoe Machinery Corporation Clubhouse
US Customhouse
US Post Office-Beverly Main
US Post Office-Lynn Main
US Post Office-Newburyport Main
US Post Office-Salem Main
Vamp Building
Wade House
Waldo, George A., House
Walker Body Company Factory
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Ward, John, House
Ward, Joshua, House
Ward, Richard, House
Washington Street Historic District
Washington Street Shoe District
Webster-Lane House
Wenham Historic District
Wesley Methodist Church
West Cogswell House
West Parish Center District
Whipple, John, House
White-Ellery House
White-Preston House
Whittemore House
Whittier, John Greenleaf, Homestead (Haverhill)
Whittier, John Greenleaf, House
Wilson, Shoreborne, House
Winter Island Historic District and Archeological District
Winter Street School
Wood Worsted Mill
Woodberry-Quarrels House
Woodbridge, Thomas March, House
Woodbury, Peter, House
Woodridge House
YMCA
About Essex County
Essex County Timeline
Essex County, located in northeastern Massachusetts, has a rich and diverse history that spans over four centuries. The area was originally inhabited by Native American tribes, including the Pawtucket and Naumkeag people, prior to European colonization. In the early 17th century, English colonists settled the region, establishing several towns, most notably Salem, which became a major port and center of trade.
During the late 17th century, Essex County experienced a dramatic event that would shape its history for centuries to come: the Salem Witch Trials. In 1692, a wave of hysteria swept through Salem, resulting in the execution of 20 individuals accused of witchcraft. This dark period is now remembered as one of the most infamous episodes in American history and has left a lasting impact on the county's cultural identity.
In the 18th and 19th centuries, Essex County became a hub of economic activity and industrialization. The region's harbors facilitated trade and shipbuilding, while its rivers powered mills and factories. Cities like Lawrence and Lowell became major centers of textile manufacturing, attracting large numbers of immigrants seeking employment in the mills. This influx of diverse cultures has enriched Essex County's cultural heritage.
In the 20th century, Essex County continued to evolve and adapt to changing times. The decline of traditional industries led to a shift towards a more diversified economy, with an emphasis on healthcare, education, and technology. Today, Essex County remains an important part of the Greater Boston metropolitan area, with its towns and cities offering a blend of historical charm, natural beauty, and urban amenities.
During the late 17th century, Essex County experienced a dramatic event that would shape its history for centuries to come: the Salem Witch Trials. In 1692, a wave of hysteria swept through Salem, resulting in the execution of 20 individuals accused of witchcraft. This dark period is now remembered as one of the most infamous episodes in American history and has left a lasting impact on the county's cultural identity.
In the 18th and 19th centuries, Essex County became a hub of economic activity and industrialization. The region's harbors facilitated trade and shipbuilding, while its rivers powered mills and factories. Cities like Lawrence and Lowell became major centers of textile manufacturing, attracting large numbers of immigrants seeking employment in the mills. This influx of diverse cultures has enriched Essex County's cultural heritage.
In the 20th century, Essex County continued to evolve and adapt to changing times. The decline of traditional industries led to a shift towards a more diversified economy, with an emphasis on healthcare, education, and technology. Today, Essex County remains an important part of the Greater Boston metropolitan area, with its towns and cities offering a blend of historical charm, natural beauty, and urban amenities.
Essex County Timeline
This timeline provides a condensed summary of the historical journey of Essex County, Massachusetts.
- 1629: The area that is now Essex County is settled by English colonists.
- 1643: Essex County is officially established as one of the three original counties in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 1692: The infamous Salem Witch Trials take place in Essex County, leading to the execution of several individuals accused of witchcraft.
- 1700s: Essex County becomes a center for shipbuilding and maritime trade.
- 1775-1783: Essex County residents play a significant role in the American Revolutionary War, with many serving in the Continental Army.
- 1808: The Essex Merrimack Bridge, connecting Essex County with Merrimack, New Hampshire, is completed, facilitating trade.
- 1836: The city of Lawrence is incorporated, becoming one of the major industrial centers in Essex County.
- 1861-1865: Many residents of Essex County fight in the American Civil War, with some notable involvement in naval operations.
- 1908: The Great Chelsea Fire destroys parts of Chelsea, a city in Essex County, leading to advancements in fire safety regulations.
- 1965: Essex County Community College is established in Haverhill, providing higher education opportunities for local residents.
- 2004: Essex County Greenbelt Association is formed to preserve and protect open spaces and farmlands in the county.