Mechanics Block Historic District

Mechanics Block Historic District
Location Lawrence, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°42′34″N 71°9′17″W / 42.70944°N 71.15472°W / 42.70944; -71.15472Coordinates: 42°42′34″N 71°9′17″W / 42.70944°N 71.15472°W / 42.70944; -71.15472
Built 1847
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP reference #

73001942

[1] (original)
78000451 (increase)
Significant dates
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 two 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report: Lawrence, 1986 (PDF pages 16, 22)" (PDF). Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-03-03.


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