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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Massachusetts.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.

There are 61 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 1 National Historic Landmark.

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Current listings

Name on the Register Image Date listed Location City or town Description
1 Simeon Alexander Jr. House
Simeon Alexander Jr. House
May 28, 1991
(#91000598)
Millers Falls Rd. south of Pine Meadow Rd.
42°38′19″N 72°27′56″W / 42.6386°N 72.4656°W / 42.6386; -72.4656 (Simeon Alexander Jr. House)
Northfield
2 Alvah Stone Mill
Alvah Stone Mill
June 30, 1997
(#97000562)
440 Greenfield Rd.
42°32′16″N 72°32′20″W / 42.537778°N 72.538889°W / 42.537778; -72.538889 (Alvah Stone Mill)
Montague Now the Bookmill.
3 Ashfield Plain Historic District
Ashfield Plain Historic District
September 20, 1991
(#91001373)
Roughly along Main and South Sts. and adjacent parts of Buckland and Norton Hill Rds.
42°31′37″N 72°47′17″W / 42.526944°N 72.788056°W / 42.526944; -72.788056 (Ashfield Plain Historic District)
Ashfield
4 Bardwell's Ferry Bridge
Bardwell's Ferry Bridge
February 10, 2000
(#00000076)
Bardwell's Ferry Rd. over the Deerfield River
42°33′20″N 72°40′41″W / 42.555556°N 72.678056°W / 42.555556; -72.678056 (Bardwell's Ferry Bridge)
Conway
5 Benson's New Block and the Mohawk Chambers
Benson's New Block and the Mohawk Chambers
March 11, 2014
(#14000046)
136-138 & 130-134 Main St. & 11 Wells St.
42°35′17″N 72°36′14″W / 42.588°N 72.604°W / 42.588; -72.604 (Benson's New Block and the Mohawk Chambers)
Greenfield
6 Bernardston Congregational Unitarian Church
Bernardston Congregational Unitarian Church
March 18, 1993
(#93000128)
Junction of Church and Depot Sts.
42°40′14″N 72°33′00″W / 42.670556°N 72.55°W / 42.670556; -72.55 (Bernardston Congregational Unitarian Church)
Bernardston
7 Bissell Bridge
Bissell Bridge
February 26, 2004
(#04000083)
Heath Rd., MA 8A over Mill Brook
42°37′57″N 72°52′10″W / 42.6325°N 72.869444°W / 42.6325; -72.869444 (Bissell Bridge)
Charlemont
8 Burkeville Covered Bridge
Burkeville Covered Bridge
September 9, 1988
(#88001456)
Main Poland Rd. over the South River
42°29′01″N 72°42′44″W / 42.483611°N 72.712222°W / 42.483611; -72.712222 (Burkeville Covered Bridge)
Conway
9 Charlemont Village Historic District
Charlemont Village Historic District
February 10, 1988
(#87001880)
MA 2 (Main St.) between South and Harmont Sts.
42°37′40″N 72°52′27″W / 42.627778°N 72.874167°W / 42.627778; -72.874167 (Charlemont Village Historic District)
Charlemont
10 Colrain Center Historic District
Colrain Center Historic District
November 15, 2006
(#06001057)
Main, Greenfield, and Jacksonville Rds., Streeter Ln., and River and Coburn Sts.
42°40′24″N 72°41′52″W / 42.673333°N 72.697778°W / 42.673333; -72.697778 (Colrain Center Historic District)
Colrain
11 Conway Center Historic District
Conway Center Historic District
September 10, 1999
(#99001043)
5-38 Academy Hill Rd., 1-59 Elm St., and 8-98 Main St.
42°30′31″N 72°41′50″W / 42.508611°N 72.697222°W / 42.508611; -72.697222 (Conway Center Historic District)
Conway
12 Dedic Site
Dedic Site
July 16, 1980
(#80000504)
Address Restricted
Deerfield Clovis-era paleo-indian site
13 Deerfield Valley Agricultural Society Fairgrounds
Deerfield Valley Agricultural Society Fairgrounds
May 11, 2011
(#11000267)
Park St.
42°37′51″N 72°52′03″W / 42.630833°N 72.8675°W / 42.630833; -72.8675 (Deerfield Valley Agricultural Society Fairgrounds)
Charlemont
14 East Charlemont District School
March 7, 2017
(#100000721)
1811 MA 2
42°37′24″N 72°47′13″W / 42.623463°N 72.786845°W / 42.623463; -72.786845 (East Charlemont District School)
Charlemont
14 East Hawley Center Historic District
East Hawley Center Historic District
July 24, 1992
(#92000951)
East Hawley, Plainfield, Buckland, and Ashfield Rds.
42°33′48″N 72°52′43″W / 42.563333°N 72.878611°W / 42.563333; -72.878611 (East Hawley Center Historic District)
Hawley
15 East Leverett Historic District
East Leverett Historic District
January 29, 2014
(#13001131)
Shutesbury, January Hills, Still Corner & Cushman Rds.
42°26′18″N 72°28′58″W / 42.438281°N 72.482680°W / 42.438281; -72.482680 (East Leverett Historic District)
Leverett
16 East Main-High Street Historic District
East Main-High Street Historic District
March 16, 1989
(#88002011)
Roughly bounded by Church, High, E. Main, and Franklin Sts.
42°35′20″N 72°35′49″W / 42.588889°N 72.596944°W / 42.588889; -72.596944 (East Main-High Street Historic District)
Greenfield
17 Franklin County Fairgrounds
Franklin County Fairgrounds
June 15, 2011
(#11000359)
89 Wisdom Way
42°34′44″N 72°36′42″W / 42.578889°N 72.611667°W / 42.578889; -72.611667 (Franklin County Fairgrounds)
Greenfield
18 Garden Theater Block
Garden Theater Block
September 1, 1983
(#83000591)
353-367 Main St.
42°35′15″N 72°36′01″W / 42.5875°N 72.600278°W / 42.5875; -72.600278 (Garden Theater Block)
Greenfield
19 Maj. Joseph Griswold House
Maj. Joseph Griswold House
February 23, 1972
(#72000130)
Upper St.
42°35′26″N 72°47′39″W / 42.590468°N 72.794087°W / 42.590468; -72.794087 (Maj. Joseph Griswold House)
Buckland
20 Heath Center Historic District
Heath Center Historic District
October 25, 2007
(#07001103)
E. and W. Main Sts., 12 and 23 Avery Brook, 8 Taylor Brook, 1-51 Bray, Colrain Stage, 3-16 Ledges, and 15-48 South Rds.
42°40′25″N 72°49′19″W / 42.673603°N 72.821944°W / 42.673603; -72.821944 (Heath Center Historic District)
Heath
21 Hill Cemetery and Parson Hubbard House Historic District
Hill Cemetery and Parson Hubbard House Historic District
August 23, 2006
(#06000716)
Old Village Rd., 72 Old Village Rd.
42°35′54″N 72°41′16″W / 42.598333°N 72.687778°W / 42.598333; -72.687778 (Hill Cemetery and Parson Hubbard House Historic District)
Shelburne
22 King Philip's Hill
King Philip's Hill
December 16, 1981
(#81000106)
Old Bernardston Road
42°41′02″N 72°28′35″W / 42.683889°N 72.476389°W / 42.683889; -72.476389 (King Philip's Hill)
Northfield
23 Leavitt-Hovey House
Leavitt-Hovey House
December 22, 1983
(#83003977)
402 Main St.
42°35′17″N 72°35′58″W / 42.588056°N 72.599444°W / 42.588056; -72.599444 (Leavitt-Hovey House)
Greenfield
24 Leverett Center Historic District
Leverett Center Historic District
December 5, 2008
(#08001127)
Amherst, Montague, Depot, and Shutesbury Rds.
42°27′05″N 72°30′06″W / 42.451286°N 72.501728°W / 42.451286; -72.501728 (Leverett Center Historic District)
Leverett
25 Main Street Historic District
Main Street Historic District
October 13, 1988
(#88001908)
Main St. between Chapman and Hope Sts., also along Bank Row
42°35′13″N 72°36′05″W / 42.586944°N 72.601389°W / 42.586944; -72.601389 (Main Street Historic District)
Greenfield
26 Montague Center Historic District
Montague Center Historic District
November 16, 2001
(#01001236)
Center, Main, North, School, and Union Sts.
42°32′06″N 72°32′05″W / 42.535°N 72.534722°W / 42.535; -72.534722 (Montague Center Historic District)
Montague
27 Moore's Corner Historic District
Moore's Corner Historic District
May 19, 2014
(#14000215)
North Leverett, Dudleyville, Rattlesnake Gutter & Church Hill Rds.
42°29′40″N 72°28′06″W / 42.4945°N 72.4683°W / 42.4945; -72.4683 (Moore's Corner Historic District)
Leverett
28 New Salem Common Historic District
New Salem Common Historic District
April 12, 1978
(#78000443)
S. Main St.
42°29′55″N 72°19′54″W / 42.498611°N 72.331667°W / 42.498611; -72.331667 (New Salem Common Historic District)
New Salem
29 Newton Street School
Newton Street School
October 27, 1988
(#88001907)
70 Shelburne Rd.
42°35′08″N 72°36′52″W / 42.585556°N 72.614444°W / 42.585556; -72.614444 (Newton Street School)
Greenfield
30 North Leverett Historic District
North Leverett Historic District
June 13, 2014
(#14000326)
North Leverett, Chestnut Hill, Cave Hill, Jackson Hill, Hemenway & Dickinson Rds.
42°30′28″N 72°29′31″W / 42.5079°N 72.492°W / 42.5079; -72.492 (North Leverett Historic District)
Leverett
31 Northfield Center Cemetery
Northfield Center Cemetery
November 13, 2004
(#04001220)
Western terminus of Parker Ave.
42°41′41″N 72°27′40″W / 42.694722°N 72.461111°W / 42.694722; -72.461111 (Northfield Center Cemetery)
Northfield
32 Northfield Main Street Historic District
Northfield Main Street Historic District
July 8, 1982
(#82004965)
Full length of Main St. from Millers Brook to Pauchaug Brook
42°41′50″N 72°27′16″W / 42.697222°N 72.454444°W / 42.697222; -72.454444 (Northfield Main Street Historic District)
Northfield
33 Odd Fellows' Hall
Odd Fellows' Hall
May 10, 1979
(#79000345)
1-5 State St.
42°36′14″N 72°44′23″W / 42.603889°N 72.739722°W / 42.603889; -72.739722 (Odd Fellows' Hall)
Buckland In Shelburne Falls village of Buckland.
34 Old Deerfield Village Historic District
Old Deerfield Village Historic District
October 15, 1966
(#66000774)
West of U.S. Route 5, bounded by Mill Village Rd., "The Street", Broughton's Pond Rd., and Pogues Hole Rd.
42°33′04″N 72°36′30″W / 42.551111°N 72.608333°W / 42.551111; -72.608333 (Old Deerfield Village Historic District)
Deerfield
35 Orange Center Historic District
Orange Center Historic District
April 27, 1989
(#89000057)
Roughly N. and S. Main St. from Prospect St. to River St.
42°35′24″N 72°18′39″W / 42.59°N 72.310833°W / 42.59; -72.310833 (Orange Center Historic District)
Orange
36 Pine Street School
Pine Street School
March 13, 2002
(#02000156)
13 Pine St.
42°42′32″N 72°26′50″W / 42.708889°N 72.447222°W / 42.708889; -72.447222 (Pine Street School)
Northfield
37 Powers Institute Historic District
Powers Institute Historic District
March 18, 1994
(#93000127)
Church St. between South and Library Sts.
42°40′16″N 72°33′12″W / 42.671111°N 72.553333°W / 42.671111; -72.553333 (Powers Institute Historic District)
Bernardston
38 Riverside Archeological District
Riverside Archeological District
July 9, 1975
(#75000256)
Address Restricted
Greenfield and Gill
39 Shelburne Falls Historic District
Shelburne Falls Historic District
January 28, 1988
(#87002548)
Bridge and State Sts.
42°36′11″N 72°44′25″W / 42.603056°N 72.740278°W / 42.603056; -72.740278 (Shelburne Falls Historic District)
Buckland and Shelburne Boundary Increase 2010 (listed April 7, 2010): Roughly bounded by Deerfield River, Bridge St., Massachusetts Route 2 and Arms Cemetery
40 Shelburne Free Public Library
Shelburne Free Public Library
July 18, 2016
(#16000453)
233 Shelburne Center Rd.
42°35′20″N 72°41′19″W / 42.589010°N 72.688684°W / 42.589010; -72.688684 (Shelburne Free Public Library)
Shelburne
41 Arthur A. Smith Covered Bridge
Arthur A. Smith Covered Bridge
February 3, 1983
(#83000592)
West of Colrain on Lyonsville Rd.
42°40′12″N 72°43′09″W / 42.67°N 72.719167°W / 42.67; -72.719167 (Arthur A. Smith Covered Bridge)
Colrain
42 South School
South School
December 26, 2007
(#07001312)
6 Schoolhouse Rd.
42°25′11″N 72°26′00″W / 42.419722°N 72.433333°W / 42.419722; -72.433333 (South School)
Shutesbury
43 Sunderland Center Historic District
Sunderland Center Historic District
March 15, 2002
(#02000157)
Roughly along S. Main St.from Old Amherst Rd. to French's Ferry Rd.
42°27′59″N 72°34′46″W / 42.466397°N 72.579567°W / 42.466397; -72.579567 (Sunderland Center Historic District)
Sunderland
44 Old Tavern Farm
Old Tavern Farm
March 10, 2005
(#05000120)
817 Colrain Rd.
42°37′20″N 72°38′09″W / 42.622222°N 72.635833°W / 42.622222; -72.635833 (Old Tavern Farm)
Greenfield
45 Turners Falls Historic District
Turners Falls Historic District
May 2, 1982
(#82004966)
Roughly bounded by the Connecticut River, Power Canal, and 9th and L Sts.
42°36′30″N 72°33′23″W / 42.608333°N 72.556389°W / 42.608333; -72.556389 (Turners Falls Historic District)
Montague Listed as Turner Falls Historic District
46 US Post Office-Greenfield Main
US Post Office-Greenfield Main
December 20, 1985
(#85003224)
442 Main St.
42°35′15″N 72°35′53″W / 42.5875°N 72.598056°W / 42.5875; -72.598056 (US Post Office-Greenfield Main)
Greenfield
47 Weldon Hotel
Weldon Hotel
August 6, 1980
(#80000503)
54 High St.
42°35′26″N 72°35′44″W / 42.590556°N 72.595556°W / 42.590556; -72.595556 (Weldon Hotel)
Greenfield
48 Wendell Town Common Historic District
Wendell Town Common Historic District
May 21, 1992
(#92000580)
Junction of Depot, Lock's Village, Montague and Morse Village Rds.
42°32′55″N 72°23′51″W / 42.548611°N 72.3975°W / 42.548611; -72.3975 (Wendell Town Common Historic District)
Wendell
49 West Whately Historic District
West Whately Historic District
October 10, 2003
(#03001018)
Address Restricted
42°26′18″N 72°40′55″W / 42.4383°N 72.682°W / 42.4383; -72.682 (West Whately Historic District)
Whately
50 Whately Center Historic District
Whately Center Historic District
September 11, 2003
(#03000920)
155-215 Chestnut Plain Rd. and 330-348 Haydenville Rd.
42°26′18″N 72°38′09″W / 42.438333°N 72.635833°W / 42.438333; -72.635833 (Whately Center Historic District)
Whately
51 Whitaker-Clary House
Whitaker-Clary House
June 18, 1975
(#75000257)
Elm St.
42°32′26″N 72°18′58″W / 42.540556°N 72.316111°W / 42.540556; -72.316111 (Whitaker-Clary House)
New Salem Home of the Swift River Historical Society
52 The Wilder Homestead
The Wilder Homestead
January 24, 2011
(#10001178)
Ashfield Rd.
42°35′59″N 72°46′44″W / 42.599722°N 72.778889°W / 42.599722; -72.778889 (The Wilder Homestead)
Buckland About 1/4 mile south of the Upper Road/Ashfield Road junction.
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