Lawton Place Historic District

Lawton Place Historic District
View of the south side of Lawton Place
Location Lawton Pl. between Amory Rd. and Jackson St., Waltham, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°22′29″N 71°13′51″W / 42.37472°N 71.23083°WCoordinates: 42°22′29″N 71°13′51″W / 42.37472°N 71.23083°W
Built 1817
Architectural style Italianate, Federal
Governing body Private
MPS Waltham MRA
NRHP Reference #

89001504

[1]
Added to NRHP September 28, 1989

The Lawton Place Historic District is a historic district on Lawton Place between Amory Road and Jackson Street in Waltham, Massachusetts. The district preserves some of the nation's oldest textile mill worker housing. The duplex houses located on the south side of Lawton Place were built c. 1815-17 by the Boston Manufacturing Company, the first mill to process textiles entirely under one roof. They were originally located at what is now the Waltham Common, and were moved to Lawton Place in 1889. On the north side stands a rowhouse that was built in 1889; it is the last instance of a type of row housing that was once commonly built for mill workers.[2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[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 Lawton Place Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-28.