National Register of Historic Places

Mechanics Block Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts
Listed
May 22, 1978
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
78000451

About this property

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. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and expanded in 1978.

Location

38-52 Union St.
Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts
42.70957, -71.15370

Categories

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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Essex Company Machine Shop
Early Republic
0 mi
Mechanics Block Historic District
Listed
0 mi
Buildings at 24-30 Summer St.
Industrial
0.1 mi
Essex Company Offices and Yard
Industrial
0.2 mi
Jackson Terrace Historic District
Listed
0.2 mi

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When was Mechanics Block Historic District (Boundary Increase) listed on the National Register?

Mechanics Block Historic District (Boundary Increase) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1978.

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Mechanics Block Historic District (Boundary Increase) is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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