Mechanics Block Historic District
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Mechanics Block Historic District | |
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| Location | Lawrence, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°42′34″N 71°9′17″W / 42.70944°N 71.15472°WCoordinates: 42°42′34″N 71°9′17″W / 42.70944°N 71.15472°W |
| Built | 1847 |
| Architect | Unknown |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| Governing body | Private |
| NRHP Reference # |
73001942 [1] (original)78000451 (increase) |
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| Added to NRHP | April 3, 1973 |
| Boundary increase | May 23, 1978 |
The Mechanics Block Historic District is a historic district at 107-139 Garden St. and 6-38 Orchard Street in Lawrence, Massachusetts. It encompasses to segments of brick rowhouses that are back-to-back. The rowhouses are 2-1/2 story brick buildings, organized into mirror-image pairs, with a single gable-roof dormer piercing the side-gable roofs for each unit. They were built in 1847 by the Essex Company (the development arm of the Lawrence mill operators) as worker housing.[2]
The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and expanded in 1978.[1]
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Lawrence, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
- ↑ "MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report: Lawrence, 1986 (PDF pages 16, 22)". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
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