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The history of Cohasset can be found in the people and families that live here. Many of the families that are here can trace their lineage back to the founding families. Cohasset Central Cemetery is the resting place of many of the early founders. These are the people that made Cohasset what it is today.
| National Historical Register This is a copy of the application submitted to the National Historical Registry or "NHR". (18 pages Acrobat document) |
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| Narrative for NHR This is a section of the NHR application used as a narrative for Cohasset Cemetery |
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| Statement of Significance
for NHR This is another section of the NHR application used as a Statement of Significance, very informative. |
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| A Brief History of Cohasset | History of Cohasset and it's businesses |
| A Brief History of Little Harbor | How Little Harbor became a harbor |
| An Old New England Village Green | The story of Cohasset's Town Commons |
| The Battle Over Atlantic Ave | History of Atlantic Ave |
| Brass Button Ave | The history of actors and their homes along the Cohasset coastline. |
| Cars and Carriages | The early steamengine cars and gas engines in Cohasset |
| Cemetery Art in Colonial Times | Headstone carving in Colonial America |
| Civil War Soldier Received Top Honor | Cohasset's Gaylord S. Brown receives the Medal of Honor |
| Cohasset's Break from Hingham | How Cohasset became a town |
| Cohasset's Cosmopolitan Sea Captains | The history and background of Cohasset's Sea Captains |
| Cohasset's Earliest Homes | Descriptions of the locations for Cohasset's earliest homes |
| Cohasset's First Town History | Cohasset catches historical fever and writes it's own story for the first time |
| Early Burying Grounds | The creation of Cohasset early burial grounds in the 18th century |
| Early Libraries | The Social and Washington Libraries and the Cohasset's desire for a free public library. |
| Early Seashore Resorts of Cohasset | Development of early resorts in Cohasset after the 1840's |
| Ed Tower's Recollections | A long time citizen of Cohasset recalls his families long history in town. |
| Ellery Clark | The story of Cohassets own Olympian in the first modern Olympics of 1896. |
| Exhiled in Cohasset: The Lantern Hangers Story | What happened to the man who lit the lanterns that started Paul Revere's Ride |
| First Fire Engine | The story of Cohassets need to equip the "Fire Wardens" with the first fire engine. |
| First Post Office | Cohasset's early Postmasters and Post Offices. |
| Highlights of Cohasset History | Captain John Smith in Cohasset |
| History of the Hagerty Property | Mariners Park and the Hagerty Family |
| Ira Stoughton's Memories of Early Cohasset | Ira Stoughton's memories of the early 1900s in Cohasset |
| Life of a Sailor Boy: Earliest Memories | Captain Francis Pratt's earliest memories |
| Little Harbor | History of Little Harbor and it's roads, bridges and dams |
| Merchants of Old Cohasset | Story of early merchants in Cohasset |
| Minot's Ledge Lighthouse | History of Minot's Light |
| Old Cohasset Doctors | Early physicians of Cohasset as told from eye witness accounts and passed down tales. |
| Origins of Conohasset | Where the name Cohasset originated |
| Mrs Percival's Diary | A Cohasset housewife keeps a diary of a unique voyage |
| Pirate Ships | Cohasset's ties to an ill fated pirate ship |
| The Savor of Salt at Cohasset | Salt production in Cohasset |
| Scituate Light and Shipwrecks | Story of Scituate Light and Minot Light and the wrecks along the coast of Cohasset |
| Seafaring Village | Cohassets early years as seafaring village and the men and boys who went to sea. |
| Securing it's place in history | Cohasset Central Cemetery is addedto the National Register of Historic Places. |
| Storied Rocks of Cohasset | Tales of the rocks and islands of Cohasset |
| Superba Hanlon Brothers | The Hanlon Brothers were a family of theater actors who settled in Cohasset. |
| Thoreau in Cohasset | Henry David Thoreau visits Cohasset |
| Two Old-Time Cohasset Inns | The Red Lion Inn and The Black Rock House |
| War of 1812 | The effects of the War of 1812 on the economy of Cohasset. |
| Why Cohasset is in Norlolk County | How Cohasset came to be surrounded by Plymouth County |
| Wreck of the St. John | The tragic wreck of the Irish “famine ship” St. John |
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