Central Square Historic District
Central Square Historic District, Historic district in Waltham, United States.
The Central Square Historic District includes a 2.4-acre town common framed by Carter, Moody, Main, and Elm Streets, with fourteen surrounding buildings.
The Boston Manufacturing Company donated land to establish the central square in the 1830s, which gained additional importance with railroad connections in the 1840s.
Four major monuments within the common commemorate local history, including an 1867 granite obelisk and the 1909 statue of Governor Nathaniel Prentice Banks.
The district contains multiple municipal facilities, including the 1924 City Hall, an 1887 fire station, and a police station constructed in 1890.
The commercial buildings facing the common exhibit architectural designs by Henry W. Hartwell, representing construction styles from 1880 through 1920.
Location: Massachusetts
GPS coordinates: 42.37556,-71.23611
Latest update: September 23, 2025 14:25
Boston Manufacturing Company
279 m
Charles River Museum of Industry
346 m
Christ Episcopal Church
388 m
Moody Street Historic District
454 m
The Telephone Museum
500 m
Francis Buttrick Library
311 m
First Parish Church
317 m
Waltham High School
404 m
Charles Street Workers' Housing Historic District
654 m
Boston Manufacturing Company Housing
405 m
United States Post Office–Waltham Main
481 m
Daniel French School
245 m
William Gibbs House
257 m
Francis Buttrick House
618 m
Newton Street Bridge
680 m
Waltham Water Works Shop
480 m
Waltham Gas and Electric Company Generating Plant
573 m
Rev. Thomas Hill House
606 m
The Oxford
555 m
Lyman Street Historic District
537 m
Richard Holbrook Houses
438 m
Lawton Place Historic District
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Marshall Smith House
322 m
E. Sybbill Banks House
299 m
John E. Olcott House
551 m
Josiah Beard House
272 m
John M. Peck House
337 m
Leonard W. Stanley House
651 mReviews
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