{"nrhp_refnum":"01000541","name":"Sutton Center Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly Boston Rd., Singletary Ave., and Uxbridge Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sutton","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.15209050000007,"lon":-71.76355569683241,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-05-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about 435 acres in the center village of Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, around the intersection of Boston Road, Uxbridge Road and Singletary Avenue. It contains 121 contributing and 40 noncontributing resources, mostly 18th and 19th century buildings.","why_significant":"The district preserves the spatial arrangement of a 19th century rural New England village, with civic buildings, a 1719 common and burying ground, a small commercial core and many farmhouses and barns. Its houses, mostly Federal and Greek Revival, show the town center's growth from the pre-Revolutionary period onward. The text mentions civic improvements around 1800-1830, including a school, meetinghouse, powderhouse and hearse house.","narrative":"Sutton Center is the historic village core of Sutton, about twelve miles south of Worcester, Massachusetts. The district covers roughly 435 acres arranged around the crossing of Boston Road, Uxbridge Road and Singletary Avenue. Civic buildings cluster on the south side: the 1829 Congregational Meeting House, the 1719 Town Common, a 1982 Town Hall and the 1719 Center Burying Ground. A small commercial area to the north includes the 1839 Federal style Brick Block and a blacksmith shop. Beyond the center lie single-family houses and farmhouses with ample yards, barns, orchards and pastures. Most buildings are wooden and date from the 18th and 19th centuries, chiefly Federal or Greek Revival in style, including several two-story pre-Revolutionary houses. Large old maples line the streets, and some fields are still hayed or planted with corn. The district was listed because it keeps the layout and character of a 19th century rural New England village, with 121 contributing resources.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William E. Cole (local builder who moved the 'Ocean House' about 1850)","architectural_style":"Early Republic/Federal; Mid 19th Century/Greek Revival; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still a village center with civic, religious, commercial and residential uses; some small-scale farming continues, with pastures and fields mowed for hay or planted with corn.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.504286-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/32/7972/63797232/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/01000541.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000541/05a3aea77e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000541/05a3aea77e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Congregational_Church,_Sutton_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Congregational_Church,_Sutton_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63797232","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton_Center_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7650224"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/sutton-center-historic-district-01000541/"}