Major Bibliographica References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): Primary location of additional data: - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 x State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register - Federal agency - previously determined eligible by the National - Local government Register - University - designated a National Historic Landmark Other - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey Name of repository: - recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # HPCA # 21,684 - 21,719 NPS Form 10-900-a 8-86 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 1 OMB Approval No 1024-0018 American Woolen Company Townhouses Lawrence (Essex), MA HISTORICAL NARRATIVE The American Woolen Company Townhouses, Lawrence, MA, possess integrity of design, location, setting, materials, feeling, association, and workmanship, and meet Criteria A and C for listing in the National Register.
The townhouses are significant as well-preserved, early 20*-century examples of employee housing erected by one of the most successful mill companies in New England, the American Woolen Company. The property is also significant for its architectural merits. The buildings are well-preserved examples of Georgian Revival-style workers' housing designed by James E. Allen, a prominent local architect who was responsible for a number of impressive buildings in Lawrence and neighboring communities. Development of Lawrence Lawrence was founded by the Essex Company as a planned industrial community, in 1845. It was the last and most ambitious of the New England textile cities planned and developed by Boston entrepreneurs.
The Essex Company, a group of industrialists led by Abbott Lawrence, was granted a charter for the purpose of building a dam and canals on the Merrimack River, specifically to provide waterpower for textile mills. Abbott Lawrence was an American manufacturer and diplomat who was instrumental in the development of the New England textile industry, and later represented those interests in the U.S. Congress. The first stone for the dam was laid September 19, 1845, and work was completed approximately three years later (dam listed in the National Register in 1977). In the 1840s, the Essex Company purchased approximately 4,000 acres of land flanking the Merrimack River in the towns of Methuen and Andover as the location for their manufacturing community.
The town itself would be located on the north side of the Merrimack River, where the Essex Company had acquired about 3,000 acres in the town of Methuen. An additional 1,000 acres in Andover, on the south side of the river, were acquired and set aside for future development. Charles Storrow was appointed chief engineer and agent for the Essex Company. Beginning in 1845, Storrow oversaw creation of an industrial town of 30,000 residents, a task that took roughly three years to complete. Storrow devised a plan by which specific zones were established for industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential uses. Directly adjacent to the Merrimack River was the industrial zone with large brick mills lining the river and canals.
North of this was the company-owned employee housing, then the commercial zone, followed by the institutional center surrounding the large Common, and finally the residential lots beyond. At the heart of Storrow's plan was the Common, an area of about seventeen acres, where the city's most prominent civic and institutional buildings would be located, including the City Hall (1848) and Essex County Courthouse (1858). Restrictions were placed on lots facing the Common to prohibit commercial and manufacturing uses. Lots were even donated to religious organizations to encourage them to build churches along the perimeter of the Common. By the summer of 1848, major construction work was completed in Lawrence and the factories had begun operation. By that time, the town could boast three major factories and a population of 6,000 people.
Public services were well established, with three grammar schools, a library, train station, police and fire departments, a gas works, two banks, eight churches, and a high school. The city grew rapidly, so that by , sighn chuches, and a hig s 1855, two years after Lawrence was incorporated as a city, the population had reached 16,000. Manufacturing of cotton cloth and woolens sustained the local economy. By 1890, Lawrence manufacturers (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a 8-86 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 2 American Woolen Company Townhouses Lawrence (Essex), MA were producing a wide range of goods, including carpeting, steam engines, boilers, mill machinery, coaches, sewing machines, hats, clothing, tinware, belting, and boxes.
A substantial paper mill had also been established in the city. The largest factories in Lawrence included the Washington Mills and Atlantic Mills (both built in 1846), Pacific Mills and Pemberton Mills (1852), Lawrence Duck Company (1859), Everett Mills (1860), Lawrence Woolen Company (1864), Arlington Mills (1865), and the Wright Manufacturing Company (1873). By 1880 the city's population stood at over 39,000, surpassing the Essex Company's initial goal of 30,000 people. Rise of the American Woolen Company By 1890, large brick mills lined the north bank of the Merrimack River, on a stretch of land flanked by the North Canal to the north and the river to the south. The north side of the canal was lined with rooming houses and company boarding houses. Development was generally concentrated to the east of Broadway, the principal north/south thoroughfare through the city.
A few smaller manufacturers had established their factories west of Broadway or on the south side of the river. Among the largest of the mill complexes was the Washington Mills, where several varieties of woolen goods were produced. The Washington Mills were owned by Frederick Ayer of Lowell, who purchased the property at auction in 1885 and completely revamped the business, replacing the older mill buildings on the site with a larger, more modern complex. By 1898, the Washington Mills employed 5,041 people and was operated by Ayer's son-in-law, William M. Wood.
Ayer and Wood were instrumental in the establishment, expansion, and operation of the American Woolen Company, which was incorporated in 1899 through the consolidation of eight troubled woolen mills, including several from Massachusetts: the Washington Mills (Lawrence), Fitchburg Mills and Beoli Mills (Fitchburg), and Saranac Mills (Blackstone), along with the Fulton Mills (Fulton, New York) and the National & Providence Worsted Mills, Valley Mills, and Riverside Worsted Mills (Providence, Rhode Island). The American Woolen Company continued to expand their holdings into the 20* century and by 1901 controlled 26 mills, employing roughly 20,000 people. By 1922 the company had acquired 59 mills throughout New England, in New York, and in Kentucky. At its height, later in the 1920s, the company owned 60 woolen mills and controlled 20% of the nation's woolen production.
In the early 1920s the company employed over 35,000 people and produced 70,000,000 yards of woolen fabrics per year. They were the world's largest producer of carded woolen and worsted cloths for men's wear, and New England's largest industrial employer. Benjamin Arrington, in his Municipal History of Essex County (1922), notes that "Few persons in this country have any conception of the magnitude of the operations of the American Woolen Company"(p. 523). In Lawrence the American Woolen Company operated the Washington Mills, Wood Worsted Mills, Prospect Mills, and Ayer Mills, significant portions of which are extant. These facilities specialized in the production of men's worsted wear and worsted yarns. The Ayer and Wood Mills were located along the south side of the Merrimack River, on opposite sides of South Union Street.
The Wood Worsted Mills was the world's largest factory of its kind in 1922, covering some 29 acres. The Washington Mills stood across theMerrimack River fromthe Ayer Mills,while the smaller Prospect Mills were located a short distance west of the Ayer Mills, on a stretch of land between the South Canal and the Merrimack River. Production at the American Woolen Company and other Lawrence mills continued to grow and expand uninterrupted into the early 20*h century. Unfortunately, working and living conditions for the mill (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a 8-86 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 3 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 American Woolen Company Townhouses Lawrence (Essex), MA employees degenerated during this period, creating unrest in the textile industry.
Unskilled laborers earned meager wages (an average of $6 per week for up to 56 hours of labor), and mill workers were crammed into densely developed tenements where disease and malnutrition were common (Dixon, 2010, sec. 8, p7). Up to that time, Lawrence mill owners had succeeded in keeping labor unions out of the city, so workers had no means of voicing their dissatisfaction. It was not until the so-called "Bread and Roses Strike" of 1912 that workers finally achieved recognition of their plight. The strike was initiated after the state legislature reduced the number of allowable working hours for women and children to 54 hours per week in January of 1912. William Wood and other Lawrence mill owners responded by reducing wages, resulting in workers throughout the city organizing a massive strike.
After roughly three months of contentious relations between striking workers and management, the strike finally ended on March 9, 1912, after the Americal Woolen Company negotiated pay raises for their workers, and other manufacturers followed suit. Following the Great Depression, the American Woolen Company struggled to keep up with changing consumer demands and competition from non-unionized Southern mills. In the late 1920s the American Woolen Company sold three of their factories and closed 27 others. The population of Lawrence began a long, steady decline, from a high of over 94,000 in the 1920s to as few as 63,000 by the 1980s. In 1931, the American Woolen Company moved their offices to Manhattan, signaling the end of an era for Lawrence.
Despite profitable years as a result of government contracts during World Wars I and II, the American Woolen Company ultimately folded and was absorbed by Textron, Inc. of New York in the mid-1950s. The former American Woolen Company mill buildings in Lawrence continued to house a variety of small manufacturing interests, although much of the floor space remained vacant or was demolished over the years. Housing for Lawrence Residents The large working-class population that flocked to Lawrence seeking employment in the late 19"h and early 20"h centuries brought with it the need for affordable and plentiful housing. This need was largely satisfied by the construction of multi-family housing, which could accommodate larger numbers of residents on relatively small urban lots.
The earliest multi-family housing constructed in the city were three-story brick blocks erected by the mill companies for their employees (ca. 1845-55). These buildings had gabled roofs (some with dormers), granite trim, and simple detailing. Although most of the earliest mill residences were subsequently removed, several intact examples remain today. The mill companies generally used brick for their early housing projects, but wood gradually became the material of choice for residential construction of all types in the city. It appears that the interconnected row houses and boarding houses (primarily built by the mill companies) continued to be constructed of brick (perhaps as a fire-safety measure), while the free- standing, two- and three-family dwellings (both company housing and independently developed housing) were more typically of wood-frame construction.
In the five-year period from 1906 to 1911, roughly 1,040 houses were constructed of wood, while only twelve (including the American Woolen Company townhouses) were built of brick. In the early 20th century, South Lawrence was not nearly so densely built up as the central and northern parts of the city. The 1912 Report of the Lawrence Survey indicates that out of a total of 17,988 apartment units in Lawrence, only 3,394 were in South Lawrence (19%). More than half the city's population (52%) was living in residences of three or more apartments. The rapid increase in population, and concurrent need for housing, in the last three decades of the 19" century resulted in the (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a 8-86 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 4 OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 American Woolen Company Townhouses Lawrence (Essex), MA construction of greater numbers of houses to accommodate three or more families. Lawrence Building Inspector records (which began in 1906) document that between 1906 and 1911, 43% of the multi-family house constructed in Lawrence were for three families (many in the form of triple deckers). In the center of Lawrence excessive density ensued; in some locations four-story wood tenements stood two to a lot, with only eight feet between them. Most were removed as part of urban renewal efforts in the 1950s and 1960s. Stylistically, the multi-family housing constructed in Lawrence is typical of residential design as a whole, and represents the full range of architectural styles that were popular in the second half of the 19t century into the early 20* century.
In the 1850s and 1860s large numbers of double houses with Greek Revival and Italianate detailing were erected, both in brick and wood. Victorian and Queen Anne-style detailing was used for housing in the late 19" century while Colonial Revival and Classical Revival designs dominated early 20**-century residential design. American Woolen Company Housing in Lawrence Between 1906 and 1910, the American Woolen Company purchased numerous vacant parcels of land in South Lawrence just south of the Wood and Ayer Mills, and constructed housing for 142 families (the only major housing project undertaken by the company). This housing included twelve single-family homes for overseers, 52 single-family cottages, six brick townhouse blocks (each with seven units), and nine multi- family triple deckers.
This new housing on the more generous lots found in South Lawrence was a welcome change from the overcrowded neighborhoods that had developed in the city center. It also sets the American Woolen Company housing apart from other multi-family housing in Lawrence. A published survey of housing in Lawrence from 1912 notes that the houses built by the American Woolen Company were "superior to most houses that have been erected by manufacturing companies, and they are superior to most of the commercially built houses in Lawrence. The most interesting as homes for working people are the cottages and the two-story brick houses [referring to the townhouses]." (The Report of the Lawrence Survey, p.
132) With the exception of the twelve single-family homes built for overseers, there does not appear to have been any distinction relating to position in the company, ethnicity, or any other factor among the residents living in the various housing types. Mill operatives from the various American Woolen Company mills (including weavers, spoolers, fullers, section hands, sorters, etc.) occupied all of the varying housing types. The single-family dwellings were largely constructed within the area just east of Union Park roughly bounded by Merrimack, Osgood, and Salem Streets and Shawsheen Road. This collection of modest houses was designed by architect Perley F. Gilbert and includes 1½-story, Colonial Revival-style dwellings.
The triple deckers (American Woolen Mill Housing NR district, 1982) and the brick townhouses were erected along Market Street, just west of Union Park, and were designed by local architect James E. Allen. The former (built 1909) consists of nine Queen Anne-style buildings of varying designs for six three-family buildings and three six-family buildings. Although the exact date of construction for the brick townhouses is not known, it appears that they were erected in 1907, shortly after the American Woolen Company purchased the lot from the Essex Company in June of that year. (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a 8-86 OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page 5 American Woolen Company Townhouses Lawrence (Essex), MA According to the 1910 Federal census, the average number of residents living in each unit was between four and five, although some units had as many as ten occupants. Most units were occupied by immediate family members or, in a few cases, extended family members. Nearly all the residents in 1910 were English immigrants (first or second generation) with children born in Massachusetts. Nearly all of the residents in 1910 were working in the woolen mills, typically as carders, fullers, mule spinners, spoolers, or weavers. At the time, the American Woolen Company operated four woolen mills in Lawrence: the Washington Mill, Wood Mill, Prospect Mill, and Ayer Mill.
There were only a handful of residents who were not employed in the woolen mills, among them a teamster, salesman, and several who were working at a paper mill. There was little change in the working-class population of the townhouses throughout the period of significance. The houses were largely occupied by woolen mill workers through the 1940s, gradually tapering off as employment opportunities in the mills diminished. It is interesting to note that many of the units were occupied by the same family for decades. Two units were occupied by the same family for more than 40 years; one unit for roughly 30 years, nine units for more than 20 years, and seven for at least 10 years. By 1920 the residents were from more diverse backgrounds, with the addition of large numbers of immigrants from France, Scotland, Belgium, Poland and Russia, among others.
The ethnic mix found among the American Woolen employees is in keeping with population trends in the city as a whole. By 1890, 45% of Lawrence residents were foreign-born. That number increased dramatically in the early 20t century; by 1912 86% of the city's population of roughly 86,000 were first- or second-generation immigrants. Skilled and unskilled laborers from nearly every European nation were represented within the city's population, along with large numbers of French Canadians. Lawrence was dubbed the "Immigrant City" very early in its existence (wapedia.mobi/en/Lawrence,_Massachusetts). Not only are the American Woolen Company townhouses significant for their association with the industrial development of Lawrence, but they are also of architectural importance. These red-brick buildings with their unusual marble trim are excellent examples of Georgian Revival-style design.
According to the original project architect James E. Allen, the design was derived from the traditional Philadelphia Georgian townhouse plan, which was "carefully studied, improved as regards the interior arrangement of its rooms, and carefully designed as regards its exterior, with the result that very comfortable, economically arranged interiors and particularly pleasing exteriors have been produced" (The Report of the Lawrence Survey, p. 132). Allen was well known for his municipal designs in Lawrence and nearby towns, including such buildings as the Essex County Superior Court House (1903), Park Street Fire Station (1895), and Henry K. Oliver Grammar School (1917) in Lawrence, and the North Andover Town Hall & Fire Station (1925), as well as numerous public schools, including at least five in Methuen.
Much of his work was designed in the various revival styles popularized in the early 20t century, a significant number of them Colonial Revival. He maintained an office in downtown Lawrence for roughly 50 years. He worked independently through most of his career, but partnered with Thomas J. Pearson in the last few years of his life. Allen died in 1932, but the firm continued to carry on his name well into the 1930s. The townhouses appear to be unique free-standing townhouse buildings among the historic housing stock in Lawrence. The Massachusetts Historical Commission Inventory of Historic Resources includes several other examples of historic brick workers' housing in Lawrence, but none are of the same type as the American Woolen Company townhouses.
There are many examples of more traditional brick rowhouses in the city, largely in the downtown area north of the river, but no other examples of freestanding townhouses have been (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a 8-86 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 6 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 American Woolen Company Townhouses Lawrence (Essex), MA identified. Houses in the Mechanics Block Historic District (NR 1973/78) from 1847 are similar in the use of Philadelphia Georgian styling, but they were built considerably earlier and are more typical of urban rowhouses. A Certified Rehabilitation project was completed for the American Woolen Mill Townhouses in 2009.
The historic floor plans were maintained within each unit, and historic finishes were repaired/replicated so that today the interiors are very much reminiscent of the original construction. The townhouses continue to be occupied as single-family units. (end) NPS Form 10-900-a 8-86 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page 1 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 American Woolen Company Townhouses Lawrence (Essex), MA BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Arrington, Benjamin F. Municipal History of Essex County in Massachusetts. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1922. Atlas of the City of Lawrence. Boston/Springfield, MA: L.J. Richards & Co., 1906. Atlas of the City of Lawrence. Lawrence, MA: Richards Map Company, 1926. Brown, Barbara.
"History of the Washington Mills," Lawrence History Center website. http://www.lawrencehistory.org/node/333) Dixon, Taya and Betsy Friedberg. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Wood Worsted Mill (2010). Eliot, Samuel Atkins. Biographical History of Massachusetts. Boston: Massachusetts Biographical Society, 1909. Jenkins, Candace and Clarisse Poirier. National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. American Woolen Mill Housing District (1979). Lawrence City Directories (various years). Massachusetts Historical Commission-Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System. Massachusetts Historical Commission Reconnaissance Survey Town Report-Lawrence (1986). McLean, Francis H., Robert E. Todd, and Frank B. Sanborn. The Report of the Lawrence Survey. Andover, MA: The Andover Press, 1912. Sanborn Insurance Atlases (1888, 1895, 1911, 1949).
A Sketch of the Mills of the American Woolen Company. New Bedford, MA: Williston H. Collins & Company, 1901. United States Census (various years). (end) AmericanWoolenCompanyTownhouses Name of Property Essex, MA County, State 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property - less than one acre UTM References See continuation sheet. (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) 1. 19 323489 4729770 Zone Easting Northing 2. Zone Easting Northing 3. Zone Easting "Zone Easting - See continuation sheet Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11.
Form Prepared By name/title_Christine Beard, Tremont Preservation Services, with Betsy Friedberg, NR Director, MHC organizationMassachusetts Historical Commission street & number220 Morrissey Boulevard date_ January 2012 617-727-8470 city or town. Boston state MA zip code .telephone 02125 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets Northing Northing A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Photographs Representative black and white photographs of the property. Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Property Owner (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) name Jupiter IV LLC street & number P.O.
Box 380055 .telephone617-876-2693 city or town Cambridge state MA _ zip code 02238 aperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is beina collected for applications to the National Reaister of Historic Places to nomina operties for listing or determine eligibility for listina, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is reguired to obtain benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division,National Park Service, P.0.
Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Project (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503. NPS Form 10-900-a 8-86 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 10 Page 1 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 American Woolen Company Townhouses Lawrence (Essex), MA GEOGRAPHIC DATA Verbal Boundary Description The boundaries of the American Woolen Company Townhouses are delineated with a bold line on the attached map (Lawrence GIS map-Assessors map 82 and a portion of 102, lot 51-56). The boundaries are also delineated on the attached sketch map. Boundary Justification The boundaries have been drawn to include all land historically associated with the American Woolen Company Townhouses, from the time of construction in 1907 to the present.
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1024-0018 American Woolen Company Townhouses Lawrence, MA PHOTOGRAPHS The following information pertains to all images: Subject: American Woolen Company Townhouses Location: Lawrence, MA Photographer: Christine Beard Date of Photos: November, 2009 (Photos 2-10) June, 2010 (Photo 1) Original Digital File Location: Tremont Preservation Services, Ipswich, MA Photo # 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Image Name Description MA_Lawrence(Essex County)_AmericanWoolen1.TIFStreetscape view southwest along Market Street showing all six townhouses MA_Lawrence(Essex County)_ AmericanWoolen2.TIF1-13 Prospect Way, view southeast showing façade (east elevation) MA_Lawrence(Essex County)_ AmericanWoolen3.TIF2-14 Washington Way, view southeast showing north (Market Street) elevation MA _Lawrence(Essex County)_Americanwoolen4.TIF 2-14 Prospect Way, view southwest showing rear (east elevation) MA_Lawrence(Essex County)_Americanwoolen5.TIF 2-14 Wood Way, view northeast-detail of 2 & 4 Wood Way showing façade (west elevation) MA_Lawrence(Essex County)_Americanwoolen6.TIF 2-14 Washington Way, view east-detail of 8 Washington Way showing entry at façade (west elevation) MA_Lawrence(Essex County)_Americanwoolen7.TIF 1-13 Prospect Way, view southwest-detail of 6 & 8 Prospect Way showing façade (east elevation) MA_Lawrence(Essex County)_Americanwoolen8.TIF Streetscape view northeast along rear alley showing all 9 10 MA_Lawrence(Essex County)_Americanwoolen9.TIF 8 Wood Way, view northwest showing front room at first floor MA_Lawrence(Essex County)_Americanwoolen10.TIF8 Wood Way, view northeast showing stair from first MERRIMACK ST 12 25 35 48 FOSTER ST MARKET ST 57 27 34 49 56 FOSTER ST 58 59 55 28 29 SPRINGFIELD ST 32 30 31 54 33 53 51 50 SALEM ST -67 66 65 190 380 ft 60 37 38 39 61 136 35 34 19 FOSTER ST MARKET ST 40 41 42 43 SPRINGFIELD ST 31 30 29 32 20 21 SALEM ST 16 15 44 28 14 45 27 23 13 46 26 12 17 49 48 47 25 24 11 10 SOUTH UNION ST SOUTH UNION ST SOUTH UNION ST SOUTH UNION ST TAL OY LANEETEE Commuter Rail Commuter Rail Stations Inter state Highway Fire Police Parcels Parcels wth Orthos AMERICANWOOLEN COMPANY TOWNHOUSES LAWRENCE (ESSEX) MASS.
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MapsOnline UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY American Woolen Company Townhouses NAME: MULTIPLE NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Essex DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: 1/27/12 3/09/12 DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: REFERENCE NUMBER: 12000098 DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: 2/23/12 3/13/12 REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL:N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: OTHER : PERIOD: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: COMMENT WAIVER: N VACCEPT RETURN ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: REJECT 312.12 DATE Entered in The National Register of Historic Places RECOM./CRITERIA REVIEWER DISCIPLINE TELEPHONE DATE DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N If a nomination is returned to the nominating authority, the nomination is no longer under consideration by the NPS.
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tif CHRISTINE BEARO PIOTO NOV 2009 STREGTSCAPE VIEW NE ALONG REAR ALLEY EPSO EPSON EPSON IPSON EPSON American Woden Company Toennouses Essex county, Massachusetts Proto 9 of 10 MA_LAWRENCE(ESSEXCOUNTY)- AMERICANWOOLEN O9. tif CHRISTINE BEARD PHOTO NOV 2009 8 WOOD WAY IST FL INTERIOR VIEN #ENW ISON EPSON EPSO Americun Woden Company Taunnases essex County, Massachuselts Photo 10 df 10 MA_ LAWRENCE (ESSEXCOUNTY)- AMERICANWOOLENIO. fif CARISTINÉ BEARD PITOTO NOV 2009 8 WOOD WAY, INTERIOR IST FL. VIÊW NE EPSO RECEIVED 2280 SVB LIBEFRTATDY JAN 2 7 2012 NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES The Commonwealth of Massachusetts NATIONAL PARK SERVICE William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Massachusetts Historical Commission January 19, 2012 Mr. J.
Paul Loether National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service 1201 Eye Street, NW 8'h floor Washington, DC 20005 Dear Mr. Loether: Enclosed please find the following nomination form: American Woolen Co. Townhouses, Lawrence (Middlesex), MA The nomination has been voted eligible by the State Review Board and has been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer. The owners of the property were notified of pending State Review Board consideration 30 to 45 days before the meeting and were afforded the opportunity to comment.
Sincerely, Belrytredhey Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission enclosure CC: Steve Wolfberg, Jupiter IV, LLC Christine Beard, Tremont Preservation Services Jonas Stundza, Chair, Lawrence Historical Commission William Lantigua, Mayor, City of Lawrence Norman Nimmo, Lawrence Planning Board 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 (617) 727-8470 - Fax: (617) 727-5128 www.state.ma.us/sec/mhc
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