The East Princeton Village Historic District is a

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

encompassing a 19th-century industrial village center in

Princeton, Massachusetts Princeton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. It is bordered on the east by Sterling and Leominster, on the north by Westminster, on the northwest by Hubbardston, on the southwest by Rutland, and on the southeast by Ho ...

. It is located roughly along Main Street between Beaman and Leominster Roads, and extends a short way along Leominster and Gleason Roads. The village grew up around the Keyes Brook, which was used as a power source for mills in the mid-19th century, particularly the successful Stuart Chair Factory which was established in 1841. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

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Buildings and structures in Princeton, Massachusetts Historic districts in Worcester County, Massachusetts Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places in Worcester County, Massachusetts 1781 establishments in Massachusetts {{WorcesterCountyMA-NRHP-stub

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