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It is roughly located on North and South Streets from West to Water Streets, Main Street south to Garrison Road, and Lincoln Street and Fearing Road north to Miles. It encompasses the earliest streets laid out in Hingham at the time of its founding in 1635, covering more than 300 years of development and a cross section of Hingham's ...
The South Hingham Historic District is a historic district roughly along Main St., from Cushing St. to Tower Brook Road in Hingham, Massachusetts.This area of Main Street is predominantly residential, and is distinctive for its boulevard-like character, which was envisioned in town planning documents as early as the late 17th century.
Hingham (/ ˈ h ɪ ŋ ə m / HING-əm) is a town in northern Plymouth County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Part of the Greater Boston region, it is located on the South Shore of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census, the population was 24,284. [5] Hingham is known for its colonial history and location on Boston Harbor.
As of the census [5] of 2000, there were 22,157 people, 2,023 households, and 1,476 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 662.3 people/km 2 (1,715 people/sq mi). There were 2,071 housing units at an average density of 256.3 units/km 2 (664 units/sq mi).
The Chubbuck House is set on the west side of Main Street (Massachusetts Route 228), a short way north of Whiting Street in southern Hingham. The house is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, with a main block and a series of discreet additions to the rear. The main block is four bays wide (instead of the more common five, hence three ...
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Hingham town clerk and magistrate Daniel Cushing (1618–1699) was granted a plot of land from the town in 1665, and later built a house there for his son Peter (Cushing) sometime in 1678. [2] [3] There is "clear and visible" architectural evidence in the two front chambers and attic that the house was originally one-and-a-half stories high. [2]
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