6-568: Silver Hill Historic District may refer to: Silver Hill Historic District (Weston, Massachusetts) , listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Silver Hill Historic District (Albuquerque, New Mexico) , NRHP-listed Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Silver Hill Historic District . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
12-474: A number of period barns and garages. Merriam Street is a road that dates to relatively early in the area's settlement history, but its northern end remained farmland until the 1890s. The Silver Hill railroad stop was opened in 1875, and helped spur residential development. The oldest house in the district, 227 Merriam Street, was built in 1892 for a worker at the Hook & Hastings Pipe Organ Company, whose plant
18-705: A relative rarity in Weston although common in other Boston suburbs. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The Silver Hill neighborhood is located in northern Weston, south of North Street ( Massachusetts Route 117 ) and the Silver Hill stop of the MBTA 's Fitchburg Line commuter rail. The district extends along Merriam Street, which crosses the railroad line on an old wooden bridge, south to Westland Road. Just south of
24-413: The first major residential subdivision of Weston, Massachusetts . It includes 79 buildings on Silver Hill and Westland Roads, and Merriam Street. The area of Silver Hill and Westland Roads was formally laid out in 1905, while Merriam Street is a very old country road which had seen some development in the 1890s. The houses in the district are predominantly Colonial Revival and Queen Anne in their styling,
30-474: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Silver_Hill_Historic_District&oldid=929898845 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Silver Hill Historic District (Weston, Massachusetts) The Silver Hill Historic District encompasses
36-453: The railroad crossing, Silver Hill Road branches west, then curves south to flank the eponymous hill, reaching its end at Westland Road. The neighborhood is extended further west on Westland Road, an area which is excluded from the historic district due to a loss of historical integrity in many of its houses. The district is complete residential in character, occupying about 54 acres (22 ha) with 41 historically significant houses, as well as
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