{"nrhp_refnum":"10000786","name":"Eagleville Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Main St, Princeton St, High St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Holden","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.36006400000005,"lon":-71.88253614014747,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-09-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Industry","Engineering"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A mill village historic district in the Eagleville area of Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts, centered on Morse Square along Main, High and Princeton Streets. It has 45 contributing resources, mostly worker housing, plus a brick textile mill complex and dam on the Asnebumskit River.","why_significant":"The district shows the growth of a small water-powered textile mill village from the early 19th century into the 20th century. It contains rare brick Federal-style buildings for central Massachusetts, vernacular Greek Revival mill housing, and the mill complex that drove the settlement. The form ties its development to the mill owners, including the Morse family and later the Jefferson Manufacturing Company.","narrative":"Eagleville is a former mill village in the northwest part of Holden, Massachusetts, arranged around the small triangular Morse Square where Main, High and Princeton Streets meet. Its growth began with a saw and gristmill dammed on the Asnebumskit River in 1806, and later a brick textile mill complex was built below the dam. Around the mill grew a collection of worker housing, including three brick Federal-style buildings unusual for rural central Massachusetts, wood-frame Federal houses, and Greek Revival duplexes. Later additions include Italianate, Gothic Revival and Queen Anne houses, among them a mill agent's Gothic Revival home from about 1882. The mill passed from the Morse family to the Jefferson Manufacturing Company in 1893, and the surviving brick buildings date mostly from the early twentieth century. The district has 45 contributing resources, including 39 buildings and 6 structures. Its historic character comes from the close relationship between industrial buildings, the dam and the modest houses built for workers.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Current functions include domestic use, specialty commerce, and vacant/not in use. Several mill buildings have been demolished, leaving only foundations.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:10:51.651182-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/2/7974/63797402/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/10000786.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000786/02e5478eee-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000786/02e5478eee-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HoldenMA_Eagleville_3.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HoldenMA_Eagleville_3.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63797402","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagleville_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16966472"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/eagleville-historic-district-10000786/"}