Nantucket Historic District, comprising all of Nantucket Island in Nantucket, Massachusetts was designated as a National Historic Landmark on December 13, 1966. It is the largest conventional historic district in the U.S., and the largest National Historic Landmark District in the contiguous U.S..
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