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Southbridge is a city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 17,740 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] Although Southbridge has a city form of government, it is legally known as the Town of Southbridge .
Main Street (now Massachusetts Route 131) developed as both a commercial center, and as the place were the city's business leaders built their homes. The result is a central commercial area with commercial architecture dating from the 1840s to the 1910s, along with a series of high-quality homes of the same period.
The Maple Street Historic District consists of a cluster of ten similar worker cottages on Maple Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts.They were built as part of an effort by the locally important American Optical Company to improve the quality of its worker housing in the 1910s. [2]
The district encompasses a cluster of nineteen houses on or adjacent to Glover Street between High and Poplar Streets. The area was fully developed beginning in the first decades of the 20th century, filling in a previous round of development that had taken place in the 1890s. These houses were targeted at Southbridge's growing middle class. [2]
The American Optical Company Historic District encompasses a historic industrial complex on the Quinebaug River in Southbridge, Massachusetts.Located on roughly 80 acres (32 ha) east of downtown Southbridge, the complex was developed between the 1880s and 1950s by the American Optical Company (AO), one of the largest manufacturers of eyewear at the turn of the 20th century.
The following properties in Southbridge, Massachusetts are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted December 20, 2024. [1]
The High–School Streets Historic District encompasses a cluster of fourteen houses representing one of the best well preserved mid-19th century residential districts in Southbridge, Massachusetts. Located in the city's Globe Village area, the houses are predominantly Greek Revival in style.
The Central Mills Historic District encompasses a historic mill complex on the Quinebaug River in central Southbridge, Massachusetts.Located at the corner of Foster and North Streets, the site consists of three brick buildings, the oldest of which has portions dating to 1837.