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The Henry Wilson Shoe Shop is an historic ten footer building located at 181 West Central Street, Route 135 in Natick, Massachusetts, in the United States. Built in the 1850s, it was the shoe shop of Henry Wilson, a Senator from Massachusetts and the eighteenth Vice President of the United States. On July 24, 2000, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
[edit] National Register Listing
Henry Wilson Shoe Shop, 12-19-2003
- Wilson, Henry, Shoe Shop (added 2000 - Building - #00000955)
- 181 W. Central St., Natick
- Historic Significance: Event
- Area of Significance: Conservation, Industry
- Period of Significance: 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, *1925-1949, 1950-1974
- Owner: Local Gov't
- Historic Function: Industry/Processing/Extraction
- Historic Sub-function: Manufacturing Facility
- Current Function: Recreation And Culture
- Current Sub-function: Museum
[edit] Ten footer
A ten footer was a small backyard shop structure built in the 18th and 19th centuries in New England to serve as a shoemaker's shop. The name came from the fact that it was usually 10 feet (3.0 m) by 10 feet (3.0 m) in area. The ten footers were forerunners of the large shoe factories that developed in New England later in the 19th century.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] Resource
- Hunter, Ethel A., The Ten-Footers of New England in Parks, Roger, editor, The New England Galaxy: The best of 20 years from Old Sturbridge Village, Chester Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press, 1980, pp. 134-139, ISBN 0-87106-040-X
[edit] References
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- ^ Hunter, Ethel A., The Ten-Footers of New England in Parks, Roger, editor, The New England Galaxy: The best of 20 years from Old Sturbridge Village, Chester Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press, 1980, pp. 134-139, ISBN 0-87106-040-X
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