Saco-Lowell Shops Housing Historic District

Saco-Lowell Shops Housing Historic District
A street scene in the district
Location Oak, William, Butts, and Saco Sts., Newton, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°18′27″N 71°13′14″W / 42.30750°N 71.22056°WCoordinates: 42°18′27″N 71°13′14″W / 42.30750°N 71.22056°W
Built 1919
Architectural style Colonial Revival
Governing body Private
MPS Newton MRA
NRHP Reference #

90000016

[1]
Added to NRHP February 16, 1990

The Saco-Lowell Shops Housing Historic District encompasses the only 20th-century factory working housing enclave in the city of Newton, Massachusetts. It is located in Newton Upper Falls, near the Saco-Pettee Machine Shops, and was developed to provide housing for employees of the machinery manufacturers located there. It is roughly bounded by Oak, William, Butts, and Saco Streets, and includes eight small-scale brick houses with vernacular Colonial Revival styling. These houses were built in 1919 and 1920, adjoining a small number of worker houses built in the early 1890s.[2] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[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 Saco-Lowell Shops Housing Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-20.