Chelmsford Massachusetts
Chelmsford Center Historic District
The Chelmsford Center Historic District encompasses the 17th-century heart of Chelmsford, including its traditional town common and first burying ground. Its buildings exhibit fine examples of Greek Revival and Italianate architecture, reflecting the town’s civic importance since its 1655 incorporation.
Fiske House
Built in 1798 at 1 Billerica Road, the Fiske House is one of Chelmsford’s earliest brick residences, showcasing refined Federal-style proportions and details. It stands as a testament to the prosperity of the town’s early merchant families.
“Old Chelmsford” Garrison House
Constructed before 1691, this Colonial-era fortified house is the oldest remaining structure in Chelmsford. Meticulously preserved by the Garrison House Society, it now operates as a living-history museum illustrating early-settler life.
Phone: (978) 256-8832
Hildreth-Robbins House
Dating to 1851 at 19 Maple Road, the Hildreth-Robbins House exemplifies high-style Greek Revival residential architecture. Its graceful proportions and classical details mark it as one of Chelmsford’s signature mid-19th century homes.
Oliver Hutchins House
This charming center-chimney Greek Revival cottage at 328 North Road dates to 1835. Its original clapboard siding and refined doorway surround remain remarkably intact, reflecting rural-village life of the era.
North Town Hall (Chelmsford Community Center)
Built in 1853 at 31 Princeton Street, this Greek Revival town hall alternated with Centre Town Hall for meetings until 1885. Fully restored in 2011, it now serves as a vibrant community center.
Old Town Hall / Chelmsford Center for the Arts
Erected in 1879 at 1A North Road, the former Centre Town Hall anchors the common with its elegant Italianate tower and bracketing. Restored and repurposed as the Chelmsford Center for the Arts, it supports performances and community arts programs.
Phone: (978) 250-3780
Liberty Hall (South Chelmsford Hall)
Constructed in 1878 at 318 Acton Road, Liberty Hall served as a social and meeting venue for the South Chelmsford community. Its wood-frame Italianate design features tall arched windows and ornate bracketed eaves.
Forefathers Burying Ground
Established in 1655 on the town common, this is one of the Merrimack Valley’s oldest cemeteries. Its simple fieldstone wall and variety of slate and schist markers chronicle over 350 years of local history.
Heart Pond Cemetery
Founded in 1774 at the corner of Garrison and Parkerville Roads in South Chelmsford, this peaceful colonial burying ground is set among mature trees and period headstones.
Riverside Cemetery
Dating to 1841 in North Chelmsford, Riverside Cemetery features Victorian-era funerary art and a handsome wrought-iron fence. It remains an active burial ground reflecting 19th-century garden cemetery ideals.
West Chelmsford Cemetery
Established in 1852, this cemetery in West Chelmsford contains family plots with granite markers and well-crafted mausoleums. Its orderly layout and granite curbing illustrate mid-19th century mortuary design.
Pine Ridge Cemetery
Founded in 1888 near the Center Village, Pine Ridge Cemetery features picturesque winding paths and granite and marble headstones typical of Victorian garden cemeteries.
Fairview Cemetery
Opened in 1928 on Main Street in North Chelmsford, Fairview Cemetery reflects early-20th-century lawn-park cemetery planning, with simple headstones set in open, tree-lined lawns.
Adams Library (Chelmsford Public Library)
Designed by J. A. Fox and completed in 1894 at 25 Boston Road, the Adams Library features fine granite trim, a central dome, and Romanesque details. It has served as the town’s principal library and cultural hub for over a century.
Phone: (978) 256-5521
Middlesex Canal Toll House
Built in 1832 at the head of the Middlesex Canal, this small stone toll house was relocated to the Town Common in 1955. It stands as one of America’s earliest canal toll houses and a rare survivor of the canal era.
Barrett–Byam Homestead
Established in 1663 at 40 Byam Road, this saltbox farmhouse contains original 17th- and 18th-century timber framing. Today it houses the Chelmsford Historical Society and interprets the town’s early agricultural heritage.
Phone: (978) 256-2311
Chelmsford Senior Center
Housed in the 1914 auditorium of the former McFarlin School at 75 Groton Road, this adaptive-reuse project preserves historic woodwork and a vaulted assembly hall for today’s senior programs and community events.
Phone: (978) 251-0533
First Parish Church of Chelmsford
Originally built in 1803 at 1 North Road, this Federal-style church features a graceful steeple and Palladian windows. It has been a center of civic as well as spiritual life for over two centuries.
Middlesex Canal
The 27-mile Middlesex Canal (1803) linked the Merrimack River to Boston Harbor with innovative hydraulic-cement locks and floating towpaths. Portions of its towpath and lock remnants still survive in Chelmsford.
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