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Winchester Center Historic District

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was built through the area in 1835. This spurred immediate growth and prompted the growth of a village center. When Winchester was separated from Woburn in 1850, it became the town's civic and religious center, with the construction of the First
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at Main and Mount Vernon Streets. Growth continued in the early 20th century, with the Beaux Arts Lincoln School (1903), the
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Commercial and civic buildings from the early period of growth, and of a second spurt of growth after the
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The area that is now Winchester was first settled beginning in the 1640s, and was known as South
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building on Mount Vernon Street. Noted architects who contributed to the district include
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Winchester, Massachusetts
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National Register of Historic Places in Winchester, Massachusetts
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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and Lowell line, effectively bisecting the district.
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Winchester Center Historic District is located in Massachusetts
Winchester Center Historic District is located in the United States
Winchester, Massachusetts
42°27′7″N 71°8′13″W / 42.45194°N 71.13694°W / 42.45194; -71.13694
86002943
Winchester, Massachusetts
Romanesque Revival
Winchester Town Hall
Winchester Savings Bank
Robert Coit
National Register of Historic Places
Woburn
grist mill
Aberjona River
agrarian
Boston and Lowell Railroad
Congregational Church
American Civil War
Romanesque
Winchester Town Hall
Brown and Stanton Block
Colonial Revival
Gothic Revival library (1931)
Robert Coit
Boston
National Register of Historic Places listings in Winchester, Massachusetts

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