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Old Ship Street Historic District

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Location
  
Medford, Massachusetts

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival

Address
  
Medford, MA 02155, USA

Year built
  
1828

Architect
  
Ellis,Robert; Et al.

NRHP Reference #
  
75000279

Area
  
4 ha

Added to NRHP
  
14 April 1975

Old Ship Street Historic District

The Old Ship Street Historic District is a historic district on both sides of Pleasant St. from Riverside Ave. to Park Street in Medford, Massachusetts. The district is based around shipyard established in 1803 by Thatcher Magoun, which operated into the 1870s. None of the industrial shipyard facilities have survived, leaving the area as a predominantly residential area. Most of the housing in the area derives from the first few decades of the shipyard's existence, resulting in a significant number of Federal and Greek Revival houses, built roughly between 1803 and 1855.

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

References

Old Ship Street Historic District Wikipedia