Massachusetts Mills, Cloth Room-Section 15, 95 Bridge Street, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: The Cloth Room/Section 15 is part of the Massachusetts Mills complex, a former cotton textile manufactory significant in industrial history of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and as part of the Lowell Locks and Canal Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District. The Cloth Room, a contributing building, was erected in 1839 and continuously expanded and altered through ca. 1935, when a major addition on the northwest side was demolished, resulting in its current configuration. The building was originally used for storage of raw cotton, and later for a variety of uses associated with cloth finishing, packing and shipping. Massachusetts Mills ceased operations in 1928; since 1937, the building has been used by the Sullivan Brothers Printing Company for printing of business and racing forms.

Survey number: HAER MA-89-A

Building/structure dates: 1839 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1852 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1884 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1896 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1910 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1935 Subsequent Work

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