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The Town Brook Historic and Archeological District is a historic district encompassing much of the length of Town Brook and its surrounding landscape in Plymouth, Massachusetts. This area has an industrial history that extends to 1620, when the Pilgrims arrived on the Mayflower and established Plymouth Colony .
Plymouth (/ ˈ p l ɪ m ə θ / ⓘ PLIM-əth; historically also spelled as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town and county seat of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.Located in Greater Boston, the town holds a place of great prominence in American history, folklore, and culture, and is known as "America's Hometown".
The Plymouth Village Historic District is a historic district encompassing part of the area of earliest settlement of the Plymouth Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.It includes properties in an area roughly bounded on the west by North Street, on the north by Water Street on the east by Town Brook, and on the south by Court Street and Main Street.
The Bradford–Union Street Historic District encompasses a waterfront residential area of Plymouth, Massachusetts, developed in the mid-19th for workers in local maritime and other industries. It is centered at the junction of Bradford and Union Streets, across Town Brook from downtown Plymouth.
The Richard Sparrow House is a historic house at 42 Summer Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts and the oldest surviving house in Plymouth. The house was built around 1640 by Richard Sparrow, an English surveyor who arrived in Plymouth in 1636. [2] He was granted a 16-acre (6.5 ha) tract of land in 1636 on which he later built the house. [2]
Sobon Estate winery, located in Plymouth, Amador County, is the oldest winery in California and is registered as California Historical Landmark number 762. [1] It was started in 1856, by Adam Uhlinger a Swiss immigrant who is one of the people credited with bringing Zinfandel to America. [ 2 ]
During the middle of the 20th century, Plymouth underwent a number of urban re-development projects in the area, culminating in the re-constructed Jenney Grist Mill upon the same location as the original in 1969, with some parts, including the millstones, having been salvaged from a 19th century mill in Pennsylvania.
There are several neighborhoods in Plymouth, Massachusetts. With a total area of 134.0 mi 2 (347.0 km 2), Plymouth is the largest municipality in Massachusetts by area.