Historic Inventory Survey
The Sturbridge Historic Resources Inventory was commissioned by the Town of Sturbridge, administered by the Sturbridge Historical Commission (SHC), prepared by the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (PVPC) throughout 2016 and 2017, and supported by Sturbridge Community Preservation Act funds. The "Historic Resources Inventory Final Report" report discusses the methodology, results, and final recommendations of the four-phase project, which took place during 2016 and 2017.
In 2018 The Sturbridge Historic Resources Inventory was prepared by the Public Archaeology Laborartory (PAL). "The Final Report Sturbridge Community-wide Historic Properties Survey Update Phase II" discusses results of this phase.
The following list was narrowed to the most significant resources using the following criteria:
- Historic buildings that are potentially threatened, including some which were previously inventoried;
- Historic buildings which appear to be eligible for the National Register, either individually or related within a district;
- Historic buildings with special significance to Sturbridge; and/or
- Architecturally distinguished historic buildings, or those that are an excellent example of style, with moderate to good integrity.
The preliminary list was evaluated and finalized by the Sturbridge Historical Commission and field work commenced in the Spring of 2017.
Historic Area Inventory
Historic Name |
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Bay Path Motel Area |
Fiskdale Mill Area |
Haynes Corner Area |
Hyland Orchard Area |
Orchard Inn Area |
Publick House Area |
Sturbridge Town Common |
The Wocester South Agricultural Society Exhibition Hall |
Historic Building Inventory
Following is an inventory of some of the historic homes and buildings in the Town of Sturbridge. Further information on each property can be accessed by clicking on the "Historic Name." This is just a sample of historic structures in Sturbridge. For a complete list or more information about Massachusetts Cultural Resources, please visit the MACRIS site.
View the Historic Building Inventory in the GIS StoryMap here.
Street Number | Street Name | Historic Name | Year | Style |
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26 | Allen Road | Joel & Martha Plimpton House | ca. 1786 | Cape form |
3 | Auger Street | ca. 1855 | no style | |
11 | Auger Street | Heck Residence | ca. 1850 | Late Federal |
8 | Bates Hill | 1836 | Federal | |
10 | Bates Hill | ca. 1780 | Cape form | |
17 | Bennetts Road | Thomas Gray Cottage | 1930 | Craftsman |
51 | Bennetts Road | 1935 | front-gabeled cottage | |
2 | Brookfield Road | ca. 1855 | no style | |
8 | Brookfield Road | Fire Station | 1922 | Modern |
29 | Brookfield Road | 1939 | no style | |
55 | Brookfield Road | Patrick and Mary Jarret House | 1878-1892 | Queen Anne |
60 | Brookfield Road | Eliab and Fanny Marsh House | ca. 1814 | Federal |
142 | Brookfield Road | Joseph Marsh House | ca. 1760 | Georgian |
213 | Brookfield Road | Eliab and Fanny Marsh House | ca. 1975 | Georgian to Federal |
231 | Brookfield Road | Jonathan Philips Curtis Farm | ca. 1804 | Cape altered to Ranch |
249 | Brookfield Road | ca. 1913 | Craftsman | |
285 | Brookfield Road | 1784-1795 | Cape form | |
6 | Cedar Street | Sturbridge Veterinary Hospital | 1966 | Modern |
83 | Cedar Street | Thomas Marsh Farm Building | ca. 1860 | no style |
2-8 | Chamberlain Avenue | Jared Lamb Building | 1815-1825 | Federal |
10 | Chamberlain Avenue | Simeon Allen House | ca. 1820 | Greek Revival |
12 | Chamberlain Avenue | Allen-Bachellor House | ca. 1800 | Federal |
12 | Champeaux | ca. 1762 | Georgian | |
4 | Charlton Street | James Bachellor House | 1836 | Greek Revival |
5 | Charlton Street | Jared Lamb House | ca. 1821 | Greek Revival |
6 | Charlton Street | Alvan Bond House and Gifford Barn | ca. 1821 | Greek Revival |
9 | Charlton Street | Merrick House and Cooper Barn | 1815-1825 | Federal |
10 | Charlton Street | George Davis House and Barn | ca. 1812 | Greek Revival |
13 | Charlton Street | Drew Corey Bullock Place | 1929 | Dutch Colonial |
14 | Charlton Street | Rockwood House | 1935 | N/A |
16 | Charlton Street | Otis Warner Shop | ca. 1835 | No Style |
17 | Charlton Street | Roswell Warner House and Barn | 1815-1820 | Federal |
18 | Charlton Street | Lewis Pelton House | ca. 1834 | Greek Revival |
20 | Charlton Street | Albert Freeman House | 1918-1925 | No Style |
3-5 | Church Street | Fiskdale Mills Worker Housing | 1870-1898 | No Style |
3 | Church Street | Boudreau House | 1873 | Greek Revival |
5 | Church Street | Mill Worker Housing | 1873 | Greek Revival |
7 | Church Street | Kirby Estate | 1873 | Greek Revival |
16 | Church Street | St. Anne's Church & Shrine | 1883 | Italian Gothic |
16 | Church Street | St. Anne's Rectory | 1887 | N/A |
20 | Church Street | St. Patrick's Church | 1883 | Victorian |
20 | Church Street | St. Anne's Pavillion | N/A | N/A |
20 | Church Street | St. Anne's Outdoor Shrine | N/A | N/A |
14 | Douty Road | late 1700s - early 1800s | Georgian | |
26 | Farquhar Road | William R. Farquhar/W. and M. Edwards House | ca. 1944 | Colonial Revival |
47 | Farquhar Road | Samuel, Jr. and Mary Morse House | ca. 1800 | Georgian |
77 | Farquhar Road | James and Elizabeth Belknap House | ca. 1864 | Raised Cape |
8 | Fiske Hill Road | Otis E. Leach House | by 1931 | Classical Revival |
12 | Fiske Hill Road | Harry H. Pickles House | pre 1931 | Classiscal Revival |
15 | Fiske Hill Road | before 1944 | Greek or Classical Revival | |
24 | Fiske Hill Road | Westwell Residence | ca. 1815-1817 | Federal |
55 | Fiske Hill Road | ca. 1940 | Colonial Revival | |
60 | Fiske Hill Road | Raymond M. Burnham House | 1922-1930 | Colonial Revival |
66 | Fiske Hill Road | David Fiske House | 1786 | Federal with alterations |
71 | Fiske Hill Road | First Well on Fiske Hill | 1730's | Plaque/Memorial |
77 | Fiske Hill Road | 1832, 1937 | Federal to Colonial | |
85 | Fiske Hill Road | Daniel Fiske II House | ca. 1811 | Colonial (Georgian) with alterations |
96 | Fiske Hill Road | Plaque in Memory of Fiske Hill School | 1949 | Plaque/Memorial |
108 | Fiske Hill Road | Fiske-Matys Residence | Early 1800s | Modern |
120 | Fiske Hill Road | Capt. Simeon Fiske/Simeon F. Marsh House | ca. 1804 | Georgian with alterations |
205 | Fiske Hill Road | Ebenezar Cutting/Edward Nichols House and Barn | 1812 | Georgian with alterations |
23 | Hall Road | Samuel and Lucy Hobbs House | ca. 1775 | Georgian |
1 | Haynes Street | Daniel Plimpton House | ca. 1800 | Utilitarian |
3 | Haynes Street | Haynes Family House | 1830-1850 | Greek Revival |
3 | Haynes Street | Barn | 1935 | Gambrel |
5 | Haynes Street | Deacon Dunton House | ca. 1780 | Federal |
12 | Haynes Street | Orchard Inn Area | 1964 - 1970 | Modern |
2-6 | High Street | Fiskdale Mills Worker Duplex | 1870-1894 | No Style |
21 | High Street | Peloquin to Zuiss to Chicoine | 1873 | Greek Revival |
14 | Hinman Street | Bates-Thorpe House | 1880-1890 | Late Victorian |
9 | Holland Road | Fiskdale Upper Mill | 1865, 1869, 1875-1921, 1933-1952, 1975 | No Style |
100 | Holland Road | George and Mary Eliza Holmes House | ca. 1850 | No style |
220 | Holland Road | ca. 1880 | Federal | |
222 | Holland Road | District #4 Schoolhouse | ca. 1855 | Uilitarian |
224 | Holland Road | ca. 1793 | Federal | |
12 | Main Street | ca. 1869 | raised Cape | |
60 | Main Street | 1946 | Minimal Traditional | |
70 | Main Street | Eugene Gabree Investment House | ca. 1919 | Colonial Revival |
75 | Main Street | Andre and Lillian Pinel House | 1941 | Minimal Traditional |
82 | Main Street | John and Eva Ryan House | 1925 | Craftsman |
171 | Main Street | Sylvanus W. Stone House | ca. 1855 | no style |
204 | Main Street | 1937 | Tudor Revival | |
258 | Main Street | Sturbridge Professional Center | 1970 | Neo-Federal |
260 | Main Street | Dr. Jacob Corey House | 1805-1815 | Federal |
262 | Main Street | Deacon George Davis House | 1815-1825 | Federal |
265 | Main Street | East Schoolhouse | ca. 1832 | Federal |
266 | Main Street | Roswell Warner House and Barn | ca. 1800 | Federal |
267 | Main Street | No Name | 1829-1844 | No Style |
269 | Main Street | John and Sally Paine House | ca. 1805 | Federal and Greek Revival |
271 | Main Street | Fayette A. Eldridge House | 1918 | No Style |
272 | Main Street | Benjamin D. Hyde House | ca. 1843 | Gothic Revival |
274 | Main Street | John Coburn House | ca. 1783 | Federal |
275 | Main Street | Chamberlain House | 1918 | Colonial Revival |
277 | Main Street | Publick House Area | 1772, 1870, 1904-1911, 1938, 1965, 1971-1977, 2010, 2017 | Federal, Colonial Revival |
277 | Main Street | Publick House | 1772 | Colonial |
283 | Main Street | Wheelock-Champion-Bachellor House | ca. 1820-1857 | Greek Revival |
293 | Main Street | Old Burial Ground | 1750 | Cemetery |
301 | Main Street | Sturbridge Center School | 1855 | Greek Revival |
306 | Main Street | Joshua Hyde Public Library | 1896 | Colonial Revival |
308 | Main Street | Sturbridge Town Hall | 1836, 1858, 1910 | Greek Revival, Colonial Revival |
310 | Main Street | Oliver B. Wight House | ca. 1832 | Greek Revival |
320 | Main Street | Candy & Gift Shop | ca. 1955 | New-Greek Revival |
331 | Main Street | Southbridge and Sturbridge Street Railway Substation | ca. 1898 | Colonial Revival |
366 | Main Street | Brimfield Congrestional Church Conference Hall | ca. 1820 | Gree Revival |
407 | Main Street | George E. Richards House and Barn | ca. 1874 | Italianate |
408 | Main Street | J. Dwight Underwood House | ca. 1884 | Queen Anne |
413 | Main Street | George E. Richards Rental House | ca. 1886 | Italianate |
454 | Main Street | Livingston Shumway House | ca. 1846 | Greek Revival |
468 | Main Street | Martin L. Phillips House and Barn | ca. 1900 | Queen Anne |
473 | Main Street | John and Lizzie Hooker House and Barn | ca. 1887 | Queen Anne |
480 | Main Street | 1874 | Italianate | |
484 | Main Street | Jabez Westgate House and Barn | ca. 1840 | Greek Revival |
501 | Main Street | Moses and Lucy Morris House; Pink Haven Motel | 1830-1831, 1950, 1959 | No Style |
502 | Main Street | Emory L. Bates House and Barn | ca. 1855 | Greek Revival |
504 | Main Street | David and Rebecca Atherton House | ca. 1842 | Greek Revival |
507 | Main Street | Sturbridge Second Adventist Church | ca. 1892 | No Style |
509 | Main Street | Hiram and Seraph Hayward House | ca. 1846 | Greek Revival |
511 | Main Street | Hiram and Seraph Hayward House | ca. 1846 | Greek Revival |
514 | Main Street | Truman Charles House | ca. 1841 | Greek Revival |
518 | Main Street | Fiskdale Baptist Church Vestry | 1857-1870 | Greek Revival |
524 | Main Street | Horatio N. Drake House | ca. 1835 | Greek Revival |
531 | Main Street | Fiskdale Mill Blacksmith Shop | 1857-1870 | No Style |
538 | Main Street | Fiskdale House | pre-1857 | Greek Revival |
544 | Main Street | Lemuel Lumbard Building | 1836-1857 | Greek Revival |
546 | Main Street | Timothy Maloney Tenement | 1878-1898 | Queen Anne |
548 | Main Street | Wheaton Knight House | 1857-1870 | Italianate |
552 | Main Street | Josiah J. Fiske Building | ca. 1825 | Greek Revival |
572 | Main Street | ca. 1874-1880 | Gothic Revival | |
8 | Maple Street | Federated Church of Sturbridge and Fiskdale | 1910, 1954, 1960s | Colonial Revival |
9 | Maple Street | Thomas Lyon/J.E. Purdy House | circa 1835-1845 | Possibly Greek Revival/Altered |
10 | Maple Street | Congregational Parsonage | by 1869 | Greek Revival with Italianate details |
14 | Maple Street | Chester H. Walker House | prior to 1870 | Greek Revival with Italianate details |
17 | Maple Street | Benjamin C. Weld House and Barn | ca. 1850 | Greek Revival |
5 | Mashapaug Road | 1787 and later alterations | Georgian/Folk Victorian | |
104 | McGilpin Road | Probably 1826, by 1857 | Federal | |
138 | McGilpin Road | John Smith House | by 1857 | Federal with additions |
14 | McGregory Road | 1755 (NH); 1947; ca. 1968 | Colonial with alterations | |
340 | New Boston Road | Hyde Family House | by 1857 | Altered |
3 | Old Stagecoach Road | between 1735 and 1772 | Colonial | |
68 | Paradise Lane | Alva L. Burroughs House | Early to mid-20th century | Colonial Revival |
13 | Podunk Road | 1912 (barn), ca. 1946 (house) | Colonial Revival (Stylized Ranch) | |
177 | Podunk Road | Nichols Family House and Davis Family Barn | Prior to 1851 | Colonial with later alterations |
251 | Podunk Road | Jonas Bemis/Silverberg Family Farm | by mid-19th century with later alterations | Colonial with later alterations |
531 | Route 15 | Samuel Thompson House | possibly by 1857 to end of 19th century | Altered |
8 | School Street | Fiskdale School | Italianate, altered | 1896 |
210 | Shepard Road | Georgian | 1805 | |
44 | Streeter Road | Lemuel L. Holmes/Frederick Holmes House | 1835, with later alterations | heavily altered |
11 | Summit Avenue | Between 1870-1898 | Queen Anne | |
16 | Summit Avenue | Early to late 19th century | Altered | |
24 | Taft Street | Isaac Child Jr. House | ca. 1792 | Federal |
99 | Wallace Road | Hamilton Woolen Co. House | Prior to 1857 | Georgian |
116 | Wallace Road | Plimpton Farm | Prior to 1857 | Altered |
10 | Whittemore Road | c. 1792; mid-to-late 20th century alterations | Altered | |
35 | Willard Road | by 1857 | Altered |