Both sides of Main St. between Beverly and Hamilton city lines, Wenham, Massachusetts. County/parish: Essex.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 13, 1973. NRIS 73000852.
88 contributing buildings. 4 contributing sites. 1 contributing object.Also known as:
The Wenham Historic District is a predominantly rural and residential historic district in Wenham, Massachusetts. It encompasses the full length of Main Street (Massachusetts Route 1A) between the Beverly and Hamilton lines, a stretch of one of the original post roads which is known to have elements of its present alignment as early as 1710. The architecture along the route is predominantly residential, principally excepting the cluster of municipal and religious buildings in the town center. Most of the buildings in the district were built in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794616