Mechanics Block Historic District

Historic district in Massachusetts, United States

United States historic place
Mechanics Block Historic District
42°42′34″N 71°9′17″W / 42.70944°N 71.15472°W / 42.70944; -71.15472
Built1847
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.73001942[1] (original)
78000451 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 3, 1973
Boundary increaseMay 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. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report: Lawrence, 1986 (PDF pages 16, 22)" (PDF). Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
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