Brookside Historic District

Brookside Historic District
The Brookside Mill
Location Westford, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°36′36″N 71°24′42″W / 42.61000°N 71.41167°WCoordinates: 42°36′36″N 71°24′42″W / 42.61000°N 71.41167°W
Area 25 acres (10 ha)
Built 1894
Architect Edwards, William C.; Cox, William H.
Architectural style Colonial, Greek Revival
Governing body Local
NRHP Reference #

02001729

[1]
Added to NRHP January 23, 2003

The Brookside Historic District of Westford, Massachusetts encompasses surviving elements of the 19th century Brookside mill village. It is centered on Brookside Road, running from Lowell Street to Coolidge Avenue, and includes adjacent properties on Coolidge Avenue and Moore Road. The main structure in the district is the old Brookside Woolen Company mill building, a two story masonry structure built in 1862 and enlarged in 1894. The mill took its power from Stony Brook, which runs across the southern part of the district. The other principal non-residential structures are the dam across the brook, and a social club at 11 Brookside Road, an English Revival structure built in 1920 as a dining hall for the mill's employees. The rest of the district represents worker housing, most of which was built in the later decades of the 19th century, and are largely in vernacular styles of the period.[2]


The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Brookside Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-04.