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Acton Centre Historic District

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Location
  
Acton, Massachusetts

NRHP Reference #
  
83000780

Architecture firm
  
Hartwell and Richardson

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival, Federal

Area
  
14 ha

Added to NRHP
  
10 March 1983

Acton Centre Historic District

The Acton Centre Historic District encompasses the historic heart of the once-rural, now suburban, town of Acton, Massachusetts. The district includes properties on Main Street, Wood and Woodbury Lanes, Newtown, Concord, and Nagog Hill Roads. The center area has been Acton's civic heart since its establishment in the 1730s. It remained so despite the growth of economic centers in West Acton and South Acton. Most of the housing stock in Acton Centre is Federal or Greek Revival in style, although there are some houses that have later Italianate and Queen Anne styling, and there are several Colonial Revival houses. The town's main civic buildings are in the district: the Congregational Church (1846, later restyled with Queen Anne details), the Town Hall (1863, Italianate), and Library (1889, Romanesque Revival).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

References

Acton Centre Historic District Wikipedia