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The Bradford Common Historic District is a historic district encompassing the former town center of Bradford, now a village of Haverhill, Massachusetts.Centered on the former town common at South Main and Salem Streets, the area served as Bradford's civic and commercial center from about 1750 until its annexation by Haverhill in 1897, and retains architecture from the 18th to early 20th centuries.
Bradford is just south of Haverhill on the other side of the Merrimack River. In 1850, the eastern part of Bradford separated to become the Town of Groveland. At the time Haverhill was incorporated as a city in 1870, there were calls for Bradford to be annexed. In 1896, a vote in both Bradford and Haverhill approved the annexation.
Haverhill: 20: Bradford Common Historic District: Bradford Common Historic District: September 14, 1977 : S. Main St. Haverhill: 21: Breakheart Reservation Parkways-Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston
The Bradford Burial Ground is a historic cemetery at 326 Salem Street in the Bradford section of Haverhill, Massachusetts. The 1.5-acre (0.61 ha) cemetery was established in 1665, on land given by John Heseltine to the town of Bradford. The oldest readable marker in the cemetery has a date of 1689, but there are likely to be older burials.
Main Street Historic District (Haverhill, Massachusetts) Manchester Village Historic District (Manchester, Massachusetts) Marblehead Historic District; Market Square Historic District (Newburyport, Massachusetts) Mechanics Block Historic District; Meetinghouse Common District; Munroe Street Historic District
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A postcard of the former Bradford station building, which is still extant. The Boston and Portland Railroad opened to Bradford (at the time, a separate town), across the Merrimack River from Haverhill, on October 26, 1837. [2]: 5 It was the terminus of the line until the January 1, 1840 extension across the river and into New Hampshire.
The Peabody School is a historic school building at 160 Salem Street in Haverhill, Massachusetts.The two story Romanesque Revival brick and stone building was built in 1895 by architects Damon Brothers for the town of Bradford (which was annexed to Haverhill two years later); it was the last school building Bradford built.