Belvidere Hill Historic District

Belvidere Hill Historic District

Two contributing properties
Location Lowell, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°38′17″N 71°17′34″W / 42.63806°N 71.29278°W / 42.63806; -71.29278Coordinates: 42°38′17″N 71°17′34″W / 42.63806°N 71.29278°W / 42.63806; -71.29278
Area 38 acres (15 ha)
Built 1849
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Late Victorian, Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference #

95000656

[1]
Added to NRHP May 26, 1995

The Belvidere Hill Historic District is a residential area on the east side of Lowell, Massachusetts known for its fine 19th-century houses. The area is roughly bounded by Wyman, Belmont, Fairview, and Nesmith Streets, and encompasses the highest points in the city, whose views provided the impetus for building fashionable and expensive houses there. This area is where the city's economic and political leaders lived beginning roughly in the 1850s. The earliest houses built in the area are generally Italianate and Second Empire in their styling, and the area's development ended around the turn of the 20th century, when Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles were fashionable. Lot sizes are generally large (1/2 to 1 acre), and often included a front drive and carriage house in the rear.[2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for Belvidere Hill Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-31.


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