Northside Historic District

Strung along about two miles of Route 6A on the Cape Cod Bay side of Yarmouth, this 50-acre district joins the villages of Yarmouth and Yarmouthport. It preserves a linear village whose houses mostly date from the 1780s to the 1860s. Two house types dominate: low Cape Cod houses from the colonial and Federal periods, and gable-front houses with restrained Greek Revival detail from the second and third quarters of the nineteenth century. Larger Georgian, Federal, Gothic Revival, Italianate and Queen Anne houses appear in smaller numbers. Taverns, inns and stores, including the Old Yarmouth Inn of about 1690, reflect the road's role as a trade and travel corridor. Churches, a library, a trade school and a lyceum hall mark its civic life. Of 298 buildings, 211 contribute to the district's character. It was listed for its architecture and for its role as the early settlement and civic center of the town, with a period of significance from 1700 to 1900.