[1] Multiple buildings of the district were added to the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places in 2012.

[2] The district extends from Oak Grove Street in the west to the junction of Baltic Street and United States Route 4 in the east and includes properties on both sides of the Mascoma River, from Route 4 to the junction of Pillsbury Street and Shaker Hill Road.

The village had modest rural beginnings but began to grow economically with the arrival of the railroad in the mid-19th century, and through the economic activity of the local Shaker community, located on the south side of Lake Mascoma.

This resulted in a significant number of Greek Revival and Italianate style houses in the village.

The village is also home to the town's major civic structures, including c. 1901 Whitney Hall, which houses the town offices and library, the 1852 Unitarian church, and a c. 1907 school, now Enfield Village School.