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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION JUL 8000048> In Area no. Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston - Form no. 165-C 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number Roll #5 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. SOUTHGATE R.R. RMD N.H. , 1. Town -, (over) Worcester Address_3-35 Armory Street Name Lower Junction Shop (Adriatic Mil Present use Standard Foundry Division, Chromalloy Corporation Standard Foundry Co. Present owner Chromalloy Stanley C. Volent 3. Description: (for addresses see p.
3) Date_ 1854 Source Industrial Worcester Style utilitarian undustrial Architect Eli Thayer (?) stone, brick & stucco Exterior wall fabric over chipped stone Outbuildings (describe) additions Other features earaiest section 400llong two stories high, low pitched roof with dormers, 12/12 sash 1870, 1898, Altered additions Date early 20th c. Moved no Date Boox 5. Lot size: Lots 10& 100--69,661 sa. It. Lot 10B--26,386.6 sq. ft. One acre or less Over one acre X Approximate frontage 845' Approximate distance of building from street 5' S. Ceccacci 6. Recorded by ed. B.R. Pfeiffer Organization Worc. Heritage Pres. Soc Date UTM November 1977 19)267880/4680800 M-7-77 7. Original owner (if known) Original use Subsequent uses (if any) and dates Eli Thayer rental factory (?) firearms factory (ca.1856-59) Civil War barracks (1861); Woolen Mill (ca. 1863. T920s); foundry (present). 8.
Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Conservation Agricultural Education Architectural Exploration/ The Arts settlement Commerce Industry Communication Military Community developmentX Political X X Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social/ humanitarian Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) Built in 1854, the main body of the Lower Junction Shop (section #1 on map--see reverse) is two stories high, 400 feet long and 40 feet wide. Constructed of stone chips covered with stucco, the building is enclosed by a pitched roof with evenly spaced dormers. The building is constructed of repeating bays of equal size, each of which contains a single 12/12 window at bobh stories.
building's south end (section #2 on map) is an early addition, probably pre-dating 1860; this section is of the same design as the earlier building, except that it stands on a high basement and is constructed of coursed rubble. Later additions include a two-storey brick wing with pitched roof (section #4) built between 1060 and 11070, a two-storey brick office with flat roof built between 1911 add 1912 (section #3), a four-storey brick loft building with flat roof (section t5) built after 1922 and a one-storey concrete-block shed (section #6) added to the mill's west wall in the mid-twentieth century.
First known as the Lower (or South) Junction Shop, this mill was built by Eli Thayer, an active abolitiónist, founder of the "Free Emigrant Society" (to secure Kansas's entry to the Union as a free state), founder of the Oread Coblegiate Institute (for women--1849), Congressman and important local real estate developer. Following the architectural model of the Juaction Shop (Form 142-B), Thayer may have rented manufacturing space in the Lower Junction Shop until 1859 when he sold the building to Mr. Freeman of New York and B. F. Joslyn, an inventor and gun early as 1856. who had had business connections with Thayer at least as (cont.) 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) Worcester Historical Society. Local Industry File. lutt, Charles. Hist of Worc. & Its People. Vol. IV,pp. 577-580 Washburn, Charles G.
Industrial Worcester. pP. 97-98, 141, 211-212. 9. MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston 2. Worcester 165-C Property Name: Lower Junction Shop Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued belaw. Joslyn and Freeman began manufacturing pistols (patented by Joslyn) here in 1059; in 1060 and 1061, the firm made Josiyn's breech-loading carbines for the War Drpartment, receiving "the largest single order for fire-arms ever given to one contractor in the country." Known.during this period as the voslyn Pistol Manulactory, the Lower Junction shor was briefly called the Pistol Shop Barnacks in 1861-1062 when part or all of the structure was used as a soldiers' barracks. In 1863, the mill building was purchased by Jordan Marsh & Co. Of Boston, which converted it into a woone butldingade "extensive improvenents," and re-named it the Adriatic Mill.
second storey contained carding and spinning operations, while finishing and weaving were carried out on the first storey; all equipment used in the mill was produced by Worcester machinery manufecturers. From 1881 until the 1920s, the mill was owned by the wacester Woolen Company, which had been founded by James and John Legg (see Form for biographical information). This firm made "fine woolens, eassimers and suitings" producing between five and eight thousand yards of cloth per week. The second oldert mill building extart in worcester, the Lower Inction shop preserves most oj its original design and (together with he Junction Shop) is the most significant remnant of Worcester!s - early industrial development. Staple to Inventory form at bottom - Worcester rOIm NO: 165-C MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston 3.
Property Name: Lower Junction Shop Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. Property Assessor's Data Present Owner Lower Junction Shop/ Adriatic Mill (, p. 24 Lots 10 & 100 69,661 sq. Ît. same Book 7, p. Lot 10B--26,386.6 sq. ft. Standard Foundry Co. 25 Southgate St. Worcester, Mass. 01610 Stanley C. Volent Salt Spray Lane Cape Elizabeth, Maine 04107 Staple to Inventory form at bottom Property Warceoter Multple Resonce Aua (Pasteal Ianeatary) State MA (Warcester Working Number8. 30.79.2060 TECHNICAL CONTROL Photos 383 +13 Maps 2,63 Excellent multyle ressurce nomexatin for the extire cely HISTORIAN Cal/Acupt Lightne ion. Eck type of sajett axchided ie weel. 4 reasone trty at this time (1-3:3-deckew) Oowne ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Wae probleme wah som conam niph jmiés ummento m- 102-L-3 NCO-CBD-", "7-E, and 130-630-50 and 44.
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sfate) National Register Write-up Send-back Entered Federal Register Entry 2.3.81 Re-submit KEEPER Solha 3/5/80 MAR 5 1980 United States Department of the Interior - Heritaqe Conservation and Recreation Service Cogdlin rinet nag ELECTRÁ NDUSTRIAL JAN 1978 Aespegra JAN 1978 Adratis mink 165-C.30 AUG 3-35 Armory 197g Wercaster MRA,Ma harth+ egst elevator Gtriatic hill VP JAN 1978 165-C 30 AUG 19/9 Actsatic Mi 3-35 Armary St weresto MRA, Ma East elevatuons 8L6T NVT Kesueg lq estige Prints by Berkey Prestige JUN 1979, 3 165- Mills AUE AoraTeC 3-35 Armory Werester MRt, ma West elevation by Berkey ints JUN 1979 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000304