{"nrhp_refnum":"75000296","name":"Sharon Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Both sides of N. Main St. from Post Office Sq. to School St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sharon","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.12447590600004,"lon":-71.17853027599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-08-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of nine buildings along one block of North Main Street in the town center of Sharon, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, including two Greek Revival churches, a library and six houses dating from 1753 to 1914.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as the only contiguous, cohesive group of buildings representing the historic development of Sharon. The buildings show a variety of eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth century styles on the site of the original Second Precinct center. The Carnegie-funded library, designed by C. Howard Walker, was published as an example of outstanding library architecture.","narrative":"Nine buildings along a single block of North Main Street make up this district in the center of Sharon, Massachusetts. Two white Greek Revival churches, the Unitarian Church of 1842 and the First Congregational Church of 1839, are the visual focal points. Nearby are the Dennett House of 1753, built as a parsonage and the oldest surviving building in the area, and the Morse House of about 1805, reputedly built of brick brought from England as ship ballast. Colonial Revival houses from 1898 and 1905, two further houses from 1910 and 1911, and a 1914 Georgian Revival library complete the group. The library was funded by Andrew Carnegie and designed by C. Howard Walker. The district sits where the Second Precinct of Stoughton first developed in the 1740s, and it is described as the only cohesive group in town that represents Sharon's historic development, set apart from modern commercial and residential surroundings.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"C. Howard Walker (Sharon Public Library)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Georgian Revival, Colonial Revival and Colonial","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked good and altered; the district is occupied, with buildings in use as churches, a library and private residences.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.422932-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/46/7963/63796346/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/75000296.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000296/216ad50dd2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000296/216ad50dd2-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sharon_Mass_Historic_Center.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sharon_Mass_Historic_Center.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796346","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Historic_District_(Sharon,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7490093"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/sharon-historic-district-75000296/"}