{"nrhp_refnum":"82004435","name":"Plymouth Village Historic District","other_names":["See also:Coles Hill"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Water, Main and Brewster Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Plymouth","county":"Plymouth County","state":"MA","lat":41.95711950000003,"lon":-70.66251591840275,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 60 structures and roughly 35 acres in Plymouth, Massachusetts, covering Leyden, North, Carver, Winslow and part of Middle Streets on a plateau above Plymouth Harbor. Its street pattern dates from 1621, and the surviving buildings are mainly 18th and 19th century.","why_significant":"The district covers most of the first townscape of the permanent English settlement at Plymouth, and its streets, laid out as early as 1621, are the main visual evidence of that period. Although none of the first structures survive, its Georgian, Federal and Greek Revival houses, churches, parsonages and prominent residents show the neighborhood's vitality into the mid-19th century. It meets criteria A, B and C.","narrative":"This neighborhood of about 60 buildings sits on a plateau above Plymouth Harbor and takes in Leyden, North, Carver, Winslow and part of Middle Streets. Leyden Street was laid out in 1621, North Street in 1633 and Middle Street in 1725, and the street pattern is all that remains of the earliest settlement. The first 17th century houses were replaced by sturdy Georgian, delicate Federal and refined Greek Revival buildings, mostly 2½-story wood-frame houses set close to the street. Notable examples include the Winslow House of 1754, the Spooner House of 1749, and the brick house at 26 North Street from 1775. Residents included ship captains, ministers, physicians and town officials. Jacob and Abner Taylor built several of the Greek Revival houses, and Joseph Everett Chandler altered the Winslow House. Coles Hill, where the Pilgrims buried their dead the first winter, lies within the district. The area was judged significant for its role in early English settlement, its notable residents and its architecture.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Jacob & Abner Taylor, Everett & Meade, Joseph Everett Chandler","architectural_style":"Georgian, Federal and Greek Revival, with some late Victorian Gothic and Classical Revival buildings","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Still largely residential in character, with some apartments, shops and offices since the 1920s; buildings are generally well preserved with minimal intrusions. Some buildings serve as museums.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.836539-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/77/7964/63796477/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/82004435.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004435/9194cb35fa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004435/9194cb35fa-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Historical Perspective","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plymouth_Historic_District.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Historical Perspective</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plymouth_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796477","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Village_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205876"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/plymouth-county/plymouth-village-historic-district-82004435/"}