{"nrhp_refnum":"99000559","name":"East Bridgewater Common Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Central and Plymouth Sts, and Morse Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"East Bridgewater","county":"Plymouth County","state":"MA","lat":42.02951450000003,"lon":-70.95182941584522,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-05-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 69-acre historic district of religious, civic and residential buildings, cemeteries and a triangular 1.7-acre town common in East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Resources date from 1703 to 1989.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be significant as a cohesive area of fine late-18th to 19th century homes laid out around a central Common in front of an impressive Federal-style church. It represents the town's early development around its public common, muster field and first meetinghouse. It also has associations with the artist Francis Davis Millet and a early-1900s tuberculosis sanatorium.","narrative":"Centered on a 1.7-acre triangular town common, this East Bridgewater district gathers churches, civic buildings, cemeteries and homes along Central and Plymouth Streets and Morse Avenue. Its 69 resources, of which 47 contribute, date from 1703 to 1989. The focal point is the First Parish Church, built in 1794 and remodeled in the 1850s, whose tall spire is visible throughout the district. Around it stand Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Stick Style and Bungalow houses, including the grand 1854 Aaron Hobart Estate, now town offices. The Common holds an 1874 granite Civil War monument, and the Old Graveyard dates to 1703. Old granite walls and barns reinforce the setting. Artist Francis Davis Millet's studio and a former tuberculosis sanatorium also lie within it. The district was listed for its cohesive collection of restrained but finely crafted houses arranged around the Common, and it was the town's first National Register district.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial/Georgian, Early Republic/Federal, Mid 19th Century/Greek Revival, Late Victorian/Italianate and Stick","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Properties are mostly in good to excellent condition and well maintained; original design character and historic fabric are largely intact.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:05.162127-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/7965/63796570/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/99000559.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000559/97c96a8775-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000559/97c96a8775-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_Bridgewater_Common.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_Bridgewater_Common.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796570","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Bridgewater_Common_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5327937"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/plymouth-county/east-bridgewater-common-historic-district-99000559/"}