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Hortonville, Massachusetts

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As a result of this development pattern, the area has a well-preserved concentration of late 18th to late 19th-century housing. Its oldest house, 397 Locust Street, was built in 1736, and is a typical Georgian house. Other examples of mid-18th century housing exist, but most have been updated,
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hall were built in the village. Nathaniel Horton settled in the area in 1856 and helped the village gain its own post office, which was named Hortonville in his honor. After 1900, industrial development in the area stalled, and the village became a residential and agricultural area.
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typically in the 19th century with Greek Revival styling. A small cluster of Federal period houses stand at the eastern end of Locust Street and on Maiden Lane. The only major non-residential building is the former Hortonville School (Greek Revival, c. 1838).
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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 Bristol County, Massachusetts
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Hortonville is located in northern Swansea, near its border with
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Hortonville, Massachusetts is located in Massachusetts
Hortonville, Massachusetts is located in the United States
Swansea, Massachusetts
41°46′27″N 71°12′36″W / 41.77417°N 71.21000°W / 41.77417; -71.21000
MPS
90000051
Swansea
Bristol County
Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places
Rehoboth
Cole River
gristmills
Universalist
National Register of Historic Places listings in Bristol County, Massachusetts


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"Hortonville, Massachusetts"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior


"NRHP nomination and MACRIS inventory record for Hortonville Historic District"

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