Main Street, South Side (Buildings), 18-54 Main Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA. Surveyed as HABS MASS,10-NANT,62-, with 1 photograph and a 511-word written history.
“All buildings built after the fire of typical late nineteenth and early twentieth century retail shopping street.”
Written record, HABS MASS,10-NANT,62- survey. Machine-read text.
surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS MASS,10-NANT,62- · the record runs 511 words · one of 157 surveyed structures published for this county.
1 photograph from the federal survey record, Library of Congress.
Source document Quoted word for word from HABS MASS,10-NANT,62-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
All buildings built after the fire of typical late nineteenth and early twentieth century retail shopping street. PART I. HISTORICAL INFORMATION 20, Main Street Owner: Union Lodge Occupants: Buttner's Store 1st floor; Union Lodge 2nd floor. Erected soon after as a one-story brick building, shown in photograph of Remodeled to present size in using the brick construction of first floor. Large windows added much later. 28, 30, 32 Main Street Owner: Nantucket Historical Trust. Occupant: Charlie's Market; Claire-Elaine's Beauty Parlor. Built between and Present building is shown in photograph, but not in one of In picture the original building appears to have been very different, with pillars in front. 36 Main Street Owner: Albert P. Manchester. Occupant: Bosn's Locker and Upper Deck.
Present brick building was erected in Originally was one of the one-story temporary wooden structures put up soon after Known then as "Hussey Block'.*" 40 Main Street Owner: Sherburne Associates. Occupant: Empty. Formerly occupied by a five and dime store. New building around In was a high peaked roof wooden building. SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET BUILDINGS HABS No. MASS-950 (Page 2) i2, 44 Main Street Owner: Robert H. and Arlene B. Christman Occupants: Universal Photo Shop and Candy Store Recent building - about In was two narrow stores. #42 had two stories and #44 only one story. #46 Main Street Owner: Robert D. Francis.
Occupant: Same barber shop Probably built about This small one-story building appears much the same as it was in In the site apparently was an entrance with fence and gateposts. #48 Main Street Owner: Maud E. Dinsmore. Occupant: Same dress shop first floor; apartment second floor. Built soon after with two stories as now. Recently restored or rebuilt. Windows were smaller in early 52 and 54 Main Street Owners: Congdon and Coleman Catherine Fitzpatrick. Occupants: Same. Built soon after Very similar to present appearance in all old photographs. Prepared by Marie M. Coffin Nantucket, Massachusetts PART II. PROJECT INFORMATION These records were prepared for the Historic American Buildings Survey summer project on Nantucket, Massachusetts.
They are part of a continuing HABS comprehensive survey of the early architecture and urban design of Nantucket financed by a grant from the Nantucket Historical Trust, The project was under the general supervision of James C. Masey, Chief of the Historic American Buildings Survey. Historical information was provided by Marie M. Coffin of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Photographs are by Jack E. Boucher of Linwood, New Jersey and Cortlandt V. D. Hubbard of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The material was edited for deposit in the Library of Congress by Constance Werner Ramirez, August *
| Nantucket, Massachusetts | The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town. |
| Nantucket County, Massachusetts | 74 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report, and the sheets the survey produced. Those published here appear above. |
The federal surveyors worked through Nantucket building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Orange & Union Streets Neighborhood Study | HABS MASS,10-NANT,76- | 4,507 words |
| Academy Lane (Houses) | HABS MASS,10-NANT,89- | 4,417 words | |
 | Henry Coffin House | HABS MASS,10-NANT,13- | 3,317 words |
 | India Street Neighborhood Study | HABS MASS,10-NANT,75- | 3,193 words |
 | Joshua Coffin House | HABS MASS,10-NANT,72- | 2,940 words |
 | William Hadwen House | HABS MASS,10-NANT,48- | 2,922 words |
 | Nathaniel Macy House | HABS MASS,10-NANT,71- | 2,847 words |
 | Hadwen-Wright House | HABS MASS,10-NANT,28- | 2,837 words |
 | Elihu Coleman House | HABS MASS,10-NANT,4- | 2,600 words |
 | Second Congregational Meetinghouse Society Church | HABS MASS,10-NANT,76S- | 2,420 words |
 | Swain-Mitchell House | HABS MASS,10-NANT,25- | 2,366 words |
 | Job Macy House | HABS MASS,10-NANT,51- | 2,335 words |
 | Richard Coleman House | HABS MASS,10-NANT,76G- | 2,332 words |
 | Pierce | HABS MASS,10-NANT,76U- | 2,322 words |
 | William Rotch Warehouse | HABS MASS,10-NANT,15- | 2,308 words |
 | F. & A.M. Union Lodge | HABS MASS,10-NANT,23- | 2,198 words |
 | Solomon & Paul Gardner Houses | HABS MASS,10-NANT,76Y- | 2,195 words |
 | Levi Starbuck House | HABS MASS,10-NANT,76K- | 2,151 words |
| Coffin School | HABS MASS,10-NANT,90- | 2,135 words | |
 | First Congregational Church | HABS MASS,10-NANT,26- | 2,081 words |
| Worth-Gardner House | HABS MASS,10-NANT,92- | 2,070 words | |
 | Major Josiah Coffin House | HABS MASS,10-NANT,33- | 2,040 words |
 | Swain-Macy House | HABS MASS,10-NANT,59- | 2,027 words |
 | Centre Street United Methodist Church | HABS MASS,10-NANT,74- | 2,008 words |
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