The Washington Street Historic District encompasses a fashionable 19th-century residential area near downtown Peabody, Massachusetts.

It extends along Washington, Holten, and Sewall Streets, and is where business and civic leaders of the community built their homes.

[1] The city of Peabody was originally part of Salem, and was, after a series of political divisions, incorporated separately as South Danvers in 1855.

The corner was the site of an 18th-century tavern, and houses and small businesses began to line the street.

The largest number of houses have elements of Greek Revival or Italianate styling.