Spicket Falls Historic District
Spicket Falls Historic District | |
The mill pond on the Spicket River | |
| Location | Methuen, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°43′36″N 71°11′21″W / 42.72667°N 71.18917°W |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian |
| MPS | Methuen MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 84002435 |
| Added to NRHP | June 20, 1984 |
The Spicket Falls Historic District encompasses the historic industrial and commercial heart of Methuen, Massachusetts, and one of the lower Merrimack River's best-preserved 19th century mill complexes. It is centered on the falls of the Spicket River, from which the 19th century textile mills of Methuen derived their power. The historic district, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, includes commercial and civic buildings in and near Gaunt Square, the heart of the city, and along both sides of the Spicket River between Gaunt Square and the Boston and Maine Railroad tracks south of the river. It abuts the residential Pleasant-High Historic District, which lies to its east.