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Ludlow Center Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Increase Sikes House
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Location	Along Center, Church and Booth Sts. Ludlow, Massachusetts
Area	27 acres (11 ha)
Built	1842
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Italianate, Federal
NRHP reference No.	88001999
Added to NRHP	October 21, 1988

The Ludlow Center Historic District encompasses the historic village center of Ludlow, Massachusetts. Centered on the junction of Center, Church and Booth Streets, it is the site selected as the town center when Ludlow was established in 1774. Its notable structures include the Congregational Church (the third, a Romanesque structure built in 1859), the old town hall (more recently serving as the local grange hall), and a number of farmhouses that date to the first half of the 19th century. The area has remained a center of civic life in the town, even though its economic center moved later in the 19th century to Ludlow Village. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.