2-28 Main St., Acushnet; 2-28 Mill Rd., 2-13 Tarkiln Hill Rd., New Bedford, Massachusetts. County/parish: Bristol.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 02, 2009. NRIS 09000965.
37 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure.
The Head of the River Historic District is a historic district encompassing a village area at the head of navigation of the Acushnet River, which separates Acushnet and New Bedford, Massachusetts. The village is centered at the junction of Tarkiln Hill Road, River Road, and Mill Road in New Bedford, and Main Street in Acushnet. The area went through two significant periods of development: the first was in the late 18th and early 19th century, and the second was in the early 20th century. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794454