Northside Village Historic District

The Northside Village Historic District encompasses a rural village center on Stafford Road in northern Charlton, Massachusetts. Located at the junction of Stafford Road with Northside and Cemetery Roads is a small cluster of residential buildings, developed beginning in 1735 around a small tanning business, and later as a stagecoach stop.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Rider Tavern and Militia Lot.

Rider Tavern

Historic building

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The Rider Tavern is an historic tavern on Stafford Street in the Northside Village Historic District of Charlton, Massachusetts. The tavern, now a large three story wood-frame building, was built in 1797, and was for many years an important stop on the stagecoach road.

Militia Lot

Park

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Militia Lot is a park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Charlton and Oxford.

Charlton

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Charlton is a small town in Central Massachusetts located outside of Worcester. Charlton is primarily a bedroom community, though there are a number of businesses in the center of town and especially along the Route 20 corridor.

Oxford

Town

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Webster is a small town of about 16,000 in the South County region of Central Massachusetts along the Connecticut border. It was founded in 1832 by Samuel Slater, one of the initiators of the United States Industrial Revolution. Oxford is situated 6 miles southeast of Northside Village Historic District.

Spencer

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Spencer is a small town in the Worcester Hills of Central Massachusetts near Worcester. As a rural community, there is not much in the way of nightlife but there are many opportunities for outdoor exploration and recreation.

Northside Village Historic District

Type: Park
Description: Charlton, MA, listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts
Category: historic district
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.16482° or 42° 9′ 53″ north

Longitude

-71.95535° or 71° 57′ 19″ west

Elevation

797 feet (243 metres)

Open location code

87JC527V+WV

GeoNames ID

4945899

Wikidata ID

Q7059761

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