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Acton Centre Historic District

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Acton Centre Historic District
Acton Centre Historic District is located in Massachusetts
Acton Centre Historic District
Acton Centre Historic District is located in the United States
Acton Centre Historic District
LocationActon, Massachusetts
ArchitectHartwell and Richardson; Taylor,Moses
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.83000780 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 10, 1983

The Acton Centre Historic District encompasses the historic heart of the once-rural, now suburban, town of Acton, Massachusetts. The district includes properties on Main Street, Wood and Woodbury Lanes, Newtown, Concord, and Nagog Hill Roads. The center area has been Acton's civic heart since its establishment in the 1730s. It remained so despite the growth of economic centers in West Acton and South Acton. Most of the housing stock in Acton Centre is Federal or Greek Revival in style, although there are some houses that have later Italianate and Queen Anne styling, and there are several Colonial Revival houses. The town's main civic buildings are in the district: the Congregational Church (1846, later restyled with Queen Anne details), the Town Hall (1863, Italianate), and Library (1889, Romanesque Revival).[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Acton Centre Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-04.