{"nrhp_refnum":"76000277","name":"Sudbury Center Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Concord and Old Sudbury Rds.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sudbury","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.38278900000006,"lon":-71.41338056847145,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-07-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, made up of 82 structures on about 165 acres around a triangular town green and along the roads leading out from it. Buildings date from the 18th century to the early and mid-20th century.","why_significant":"The district is described as a fine collection of well-preserved houses representing a wide range of styles and as the center of much of Sudbury's historical development. It includes the site of an early colonial settlement from the late 1630s, the Haynes Garrison House site tied to King Philip's War in 1676, and the green where militia mustered on April 19, 1775.","narrative":"Sudbury Center is a village district of 82 structures arranged around a triangular green and along four roads that radiate from it. Clapboard construction predominates. The green is bordered by the First Parish Church of 1797, the Town Hall of 1932 by Charles H. May, a replica of an 1846 building lost to fire, the Greek Revival Grange Hall, and the Presbyterian Church. Nearby farmhouses range from the 18th century to the 20th, in Federal, Greek Revival, Mansard, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles. The district also contains the Ralph Adams Cram house and his Norman-style St. Elizabeth's Chapel, built in 1914 of fieldstone, plus several old cemeteries. It was listed because of its well-preserved houses and its role in local history: an early settlement of the late 1630s, the Haynes Garrison House site where settlers repelled attackers in 1676, and the green where minutemen gathered on April 19, 1775 before marching to Concord.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799, 1800-1899, 1900","architect_builder":"Charles H. May (Town Hall, 1932); Ralph Adams Cram (wing of his house and St. Elizabeth's Chapel)","architectural_style":"Mixed styles including Federal, Greek Revival, Mansard, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Mix of occupied private residences, churches, government and commercial uses. The Loring Parsonage is used as town offices, and the Grange Hall has been used continuously by the Sudbury Grange since 1891.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.360915-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/5/7960/63796005/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/76000277.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000277/1134603f90-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000277/1134603f90-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"ALFRED SERENO HUDSON","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sudbury_Town_Center_In_1889.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">ALFRED SERENO HUDSON</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sudbury_Town_Center_In_1889.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796005","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudbury_Center_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7633501"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/sudbury-center-historic-district-76000277/"}