Wilmington, Massachusetts

Church Street Historic District

A well‑preserved cluster of Queen Anne and Italianate residences from the mid‑19th to early‑20th century, including the Maynard Spaulding House (c.1850), reflecting Wilmington’s high‑style domestic architecture evolution.

Edgar and Emily Folkins House

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National Register listing

Wilmington Centre Village Historic District

Town’s civic core since the 1730s featuring Greek Revival meeting house, Federal‑style homes, and a 19th‑century town common—anchored by early American planning and vernacular architecture.

Congregational Church

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National Register listing

Ephraim Buck House

A First Period farmhouse circa 1704 with Beverly‑jog additions and later Federal-style updates, representing early colonial domestic building evolution.

Ephraim Buck House

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National Register listing

Boutell–Hathorn House

Georgian timber‑frame farmhouse built in 1754, with mid‑19th-century Italianate barn and rare slaughterhouse ruins—illustrative of rural agricultural architecture.

Boutell‑Hathorn House

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National Register listing

Harnden Tavern (Town Museum)

Georgian‑style tavern built c.1770 by Col. Joshua Harnden, later serving as an inn and reputed Underground Railroad stop. Now houses Wilmington Town Museum, showcasing civic and architectural continuity.

Harnden Tavern

Phone: (978) 658‑5475

Town Museum official site

West Schoolhouse

Circa 1875 one‑room Greek Revival schoolhouse, excellently preserved as a symbol of 19th‑century civic and educational architecture.

West Schoolhouse

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National Register listing

High Street Historic District

Area of 17 fine residences in Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and Craftsman styles from the late-19th to early-20th century—a showcase of architectural trends.

24 and 26 High Street

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National Register listing

Gowing–Sheldon Historic District

Two former rural properties (c.1809 and 1893) in Federal and Queen Anne styles, showing Wilmington’s transition from farmland to suburban neighborhood.

642 Woburn Street

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National Register listing

Pound Keeper’s Cottage

Small 1840s stone or wood structure historically used to hold stray livestock—representing early municipal infrastructure and rural care.

Pound Keeper’s Cottage

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Library historical sites

Old Burial Ground

18th‑century cemetery adjacent to the town common, containing early settler graves and stone‑wall boundaries—important for civic landscape and memorial architecture.

Old Burial Ground

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NRHP district info

Middlesex Canal remnants

Traces of early 19th‑century canal infrastructure—lock walls and towpaths—illustrating early engineering and transport systems preceding railroads.

Middlesex Canal remnants

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MACRIS references

Silver Lake

Historic recreation and ice‑harvesting lake with early bathhouses and lakeside access used since the 19th century—important civic leisure architecture.

Silver Lake

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Town info

Town Museum Carriage House (1893)

Late Victorian carriage house behind Harnden Tavern, preserved to reflect turn‑of‑century outbuilding architecture and community exhibit space.

Carriage House

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Town Museum official

Town Common & Meeting House Site

Civic focal point since 1733 with traditional New England planning—the common, meetinghouse, and adjacent open space continue early municipal design.

Town Common

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District info

Bicknell Town Forest

271‑acre nature reserve with historic wood roads and early settler stone walls—reflecting conservation‑era land stewardship features.

Bicknell Town Forest

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Visitor guide

Bond Cracker Factory site

Historic industrial site of 19th‑century cracker factory (burned 1864), early representative of local manufacturing and worker housing nearby.

Bond Factory site

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Town history

Franklin Perry Tannery grounds

Site of longtime tannery from early 19th century, with remnant foundations and water access architecture on Shawsheen River.

Tannery grounds

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Town history

Old Centre Schoolhouse (~1840)

Possible precursor to the West Schoolhouse, this structure reflects mid‑19th-century rural school architecture and Greene Revival form.

Old Centre Schoolhouse

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Poundkeeper’s Cottage Ruins

Stone foundation remnants of early animal control cottage, significant for municipal infrastructure and public welfare history.

Pound Ruins

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