Featuring rolling hills and a wooded topography throughout much of its expanse, Hinsdale also maintains a bustling downtown area at its center. Regarded as a National Register Historic District, this area of town is where you’ll find the train station and six historically designated buildings: The Orland P. Bassett House, the Robert A. and Mary Childs House, Immanuel Evangelical Church, the Francis Stuyvesant Peabody House, and the William Whitney House. There are other architecturally important homes throughout the community, each protected by the Hinsdale Historical Society’s Roger & Ruth Anderson Architecture Center, which advocates for the preservation of Hinsdale's historical architecture.