NE of Haverhill at Merrimack River, Haverhill, Massachusetts. County/parish: Essex.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 12, 1976. NRIS 76001967.
24 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The Rocks Village Historic District is a historic district in eastern Haverhill, Massachusetts. It encompasses a dense community of 25 mainly residential structures at the western end of the Rocks Village Bridge, an early crossing point of the Merrimack River, of which 15 date to the 18th century. The village is significant for its association with the poet John Greenleaf Whittier, who was born nearby, and for the artwork of Rufus Porter, found in one of the houses. The area was designated a local historic district in 1975, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794698