Step Into History: Famous Landmarks of Massachusetts
Categories: Historical Landmarks
Massachusetts has over 190 Historical Landmarks that were chosen for a diversity of reasons. Many of these sites we list are associated with the American Revolution including people’s homes during that time. We not only include historical aspects of Massachusetts, but we also list literary and artistic connections in relation to 250 years of celebrating America. 250years.com, powered by A-1 Tours has put together a list of Historical Landmarks, monuments, and other attractions in Massachusetts we think are worth visiting.
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250 Years, powered by A-1 Tours has put together a list of historical landmarks, monuments, and other attractions in Massachusetts that we think are worth visiting:
Adams Academy
Founded by President John Adams, a school for boys, located in Quincy, Massachusetts. This property is still owned by the Adams original trust.- John Adams Birthplace
The birthplace of the second president of the U.S. and located at 133 Franklin Street in Quincy. - John Quincy Adams Birthplace
The birthplace of the sixth U.S. President and located at 141 Franklin Street in Quincy. - John & Priscilla Alden Family Sites
Two separate properties in Duxbury and are significant for their association with John Alden, one of the settlers of Plymouth Colony who came to America on the Mayflower. - Arrowhead (Herman Melville House)
Located in Pittsfield and the home of American Author Herman Melville. The home is located at 780 Holmes Road. - Maria Baldwin House
Located in Cambridge and the home when she served as the first female African-American principal in Massachusetts school at Cambridge’s Agassiz Grammar School in 1916. - Beauport
Declared a National Historic Landmark in recognition of its distinctive architecture, its unique collection of artifacts, and loathed at 75 Eastern Point Boulevard in Gloucester. - George D. Birkhoff House
Located at 22 Craigie Street in Cambridge and the home of one of the most important mathematicians of his time. - Boston Manufacturing Company
Located at 144-190 Moody Street in Waltham. It was a business that operated as one of the first factories in America. - Brookline Reservoir of the Cochituate Aqueduct
Located in Brookline. This reservoir was built in 1848 and was an element of public water supply for neighboring Boston. - Buckman Tavern
Located at 1 Bedford Street in Lexington and associated with the revolution’s very first battle. - Cape Ann Light Station
First lit in 1861 and located on Thacher Island in Rockport. - Jethro Coffin House
Built in 1686 and is believed to be the oldest residence on Nantucket. - Cole’s Hill
Located on Carver Street in Plymouth containing the first cemetery used by the Mayflower Pilgrims in 1620. - Crane and Company Old Stone Mill Rag Room
Located in Dalton and one of the oldest papermaking businesses. - Crane Memorial Library
Located in Quincy and known for its architecture and having the second largest municipal collection in Massachusetts. - Caleb Cushing House
Located at 98 High Street in Newburyport and home of diplomat Caleb Cushing. The home features fine collections of antiques including silver, furniture, portraits, and toys from New England, Asia, and Europe. - Emily Dickinson Home
Located at 280 Main Street in Amherst is the home of American Poet Emily Dickenson, whose poems were discovered in her bedroom after her death. - Margaret Fuller House
Located at 71 Cherry Street in Cambridge and the birthplace and childhood home of American journalist, editor, critic, translator, and women’s rights advocate with the American transcendentalism movement. - Hancock-Clarke House
Located at 36 Hancock Street in Lexington and associated with John Hancock, famous American patriot, President of the Continental Congress, first signer of the Declaration of Independence who lived here for several years as a child. - House of the Seven Gables
Located in Salem and made famous by Nathaniel Hawthorn’s 1851 novel The House of the Seven Gables. - USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
Located in Fall River and part of a collection of World War II-era naval vessels. a destroyer of the United States Navy. - John F. Kennedy Birthplace
Located in Brookline. This is the birthplace and childhood home of John F. Kennedy and the 35th president of the United States. - Lexington Green
Located in Lexington and also known as Lexington Common. It was at this site that the opening shots of the Battles of Lexington and Concord were fired in 1775. - General Benjamin Lincoln House
Located at 181 North Street in Hingham and the birthplace and residence of Continental Army Major General Benjamin Lincoln, a military leader of the American Revolutionary War. - USS Lionfish (Submarine)
Located in Fall River at Battleship Cove and began her first war patrol in Japanese waters in 1945. - Longfellow House
Located in Cambridge also known as Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site. It was the home of American poet Henry Wadsowrth Longfellow and served as a headquarters of General George Washington. - USS Massachusetts (Battleship)
Located at Battleship Cove and was built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s. - George R. Minot House
Located at 71 Sears Road in Brookline and home of Dr. George Minot who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology of Medicine in 1934 for discovering a cure for pernicious anemia. - Mount Auburn Cemetery
Located in Cambridge and the first rural or garden cemetery in the United States. It is the burial site of many prominent Boston Brahmins. - Nantucket Historic District
Nantucket has over 800 pre-Civil War buildings and is worth taking a trip to visit the island. - Old Manse
Located in Concord and where American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne moved in with his wife in 1842. - Wright’s Tavern
Located in Concord and associated with the Battle of Lexington and Concord and the start of the American Revolution. - The Witch House at Salem
Located on Essex Street and the only structure still standing in Salem that has direct connection to the witchcraft trials. - Plymouth Rock
Located in Plymouth and is believed to be the Pilgrim’ actual landing site. Here you can see a boulder that symbolizes the historical site of the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. - Burial Hill
Located in Plymouth and used for burials by Plymouth residents since the 1620s.
