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Marblehead Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Roughly bounded by Marblehead Harbor, Waldron Court, Essex, Elm, Pond, and Norman Sts., Marblehead, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°30′15″N 70°50′58″W / 42.50417°N 70.84944°W / 42.50417; -70.84944
Area	2,300 acres (930 ha)
Built	1670
Architectural style	Georgian, Federal, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	84002402
Added to NRHP	January 10, 1984

The Marblehead Historic District is a 2,300-acre (930 ha) historic district roughly bounded by Marblehead Harbor, Waldron Court, Essex, Elm, Pond, and Norman Streets in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Among its notable features are Fort Sewall, a coastal fortification with origins dating to 1644, and two National Historic Landmarks, the General John Glover House, the Jeremiah Lee Mansion, and the Simon Bradstreet House.

The district includes 988 contributing buildings and features Georgian, Federal, Queen Anne, and other styles of architecture. The area was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

It includes some buildings from the 1600s and about 200 houses in total that were built before the American Revolution.

The National Register nomination notes that "the extraordinarily well preserved historic character of the Marblehead Historic District can be attributed to a number of factors: a deep sense of history and pride in the community; hilly terrain and historical building patterns which discourage a major thoroughfare; vigilant fire protection; and increasing preservation awareness and efforts."

Some of the district was protected by creation of two local historic districts in 1968 by the town of Marblehead under the Massachusetts General Court Historic District Act, the Gingerbread Hill and the Old Town historic districts. These districts, if not the entire Marblehead Historic District, are administered by the Old and Historic Districts Commission, which governs on proposed changes to within-district structures.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "MACRIS inventory record for Fort Sewall". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
3. "MACRIS inventory record for General John Glover House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
4. "MACRIS inventory record for Jeremiah Lee Mansion". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
5. ^ Virginia A. Fitch and Kathryn Kubie (October 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Town and Gingerbread Hill / Marblehead Historic District" (PDF). Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System. National Park Service. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
6. Pam Peterson (September 17, 2015). "Marblehead 101: The Historic District". Marblehead Reporter and/or Wicked Local. Retrieved March 10, 2015.

v t e Marblehead, Massachusetts
Incorporated in 1639 Based in Essex County in Massachusetts Population 19,808
General Information	Marblehead History Geography Demographics Education Points of interest Notable residents Art
Institutions	14th Continental Regiment Andrea Gail Burgess Company CW Hood Yachts Glover Elementary School Kingsport USS Marblehead 1861 C-11 CL-12 Marblehead High School Marblehead Little Theatre Race to Halifax Old Burial Hill Seatrain Winter Harbor 21
Notable Residents	Keith Ablow Frank Black Sheldon Brown William Starling Burgess Uriel Crocker Susan Estrich Shalane Flanagan Elbridge Gerry Julia Glass John Glover Tyler Hamilton Ted Hood Katherine Howe Ada Louise Huxtable Ruth Edna Kelley Harry Kemelman Peter Lynch John Nestor Rhod Sharp Joseph Story Cory Schneider Dave Silverman
Historic Houses	Elbridge Gerry Gen. John Glover Herreshoff Castle Jeremiah Lee Marblehead Colonial Raised House Old Town House Robert "King" Hooper Woodbury Point
Historic Buildings and Sites	Abbot Hall Fort Sewall Harris Farm Marblehead Historic District Saint Michael's Church Story Grammar School
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