Haverhill Board of Trade Building
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Haverhill Board of Trade Building | |
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| Location | Haverhill, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°46′32″N 71°5′22″W / 42.77556°N 71.08944°WCoordinates: 42°46′32″N 71°5′22″W / 42.77556°N 71.08944°W |
| Built | 1906 |
| Architect | Damon, C. Willis |
| Architectural style | Other |
| Governing body | Private |
| NRHP Reference # |
07001008 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 28, 2007 |
The Haverhill Board of Trade Building is a historic factory building at 16-18 and 38-42 Walnut Street in Haverhill, Massachusetts. The seven story brick building was built in stages between 1906 and 1908 by the Haverhill Board of Trade, a consortium of local businessmen. The purposes of the building was to provide affordable factory space to small business operators, principally in the shoe manufacturing business that dominated Haverhill's economy in the early 20th century. The building also marked an expansion of Haverhill's business and industrial district into a previously residential area.[2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1] It is been converted to residential use.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "NRHP nomination for Haverhill Board of Trade Building". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
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