Belvidere Hill Historic District

Belvidere Hill Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Two contributing properties
Location	Lowell, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°38′17″N 71°17′34″W
Area	38 acres (15 ha)
Built	1849
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Late Victorian, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	95000656
Added to NRHP	May 26, 1995

The Belvidere Hill Historic District is a residential area on the east side of Lowell, Massachusetts known for its fine 19th-century houses. The area is roughly bounded by Wyman, Belmont, Fairview, and Nesmith Streets, and encompasses the highest points in the city, whose views provided the impetus for building fashionable and expensive houses there. This area is where the city's economic and political leaders lived beginning roughly in the 1850s. The earliest houses built in the area are generally Italianate and Second Empire in their styling, and the area's development ended around the turn of the 20th century, when Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles were fashionable. Lot sizes are generally large (1/2 to 1 acre), and often included a front drive and carriage house in the rear.

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Lowell, Massachusetts