Plympton Village Historic District

Plympton Village is a linear settlement along Main Street in Plympton, Massachusetts, organized around a two-acre green laid out in 1702 for the ministry, a burying ground and a military training field. Roughly twenty buildings line the street, mostly one- and two-story houses set close to the road. Greek Revival is the leading style, reflecting the village's main period of growth in the mid-19th century, though Georgian, Federal, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival buildings are also present. Civic and religious landmarks include the 1830 First Congregational Church, the 1852 Union Hall, the Colonial Revival library of about 1905 and the 1935 Central School, now the Town House. Hillcrest Cemetery, begun around 1706, holds slate headstones from the 18th century. The green also holds a bandstand, a Civil War soldiers' monument, a Deborah Sampson boulder and a 1911 Grange pump. Together these resources show how a small New England town center took shape and remained largely intact.