Larrabee & Hingston Company, Lumber Drying Shed, 19 Howley Street, Peabody, Essex County, MA

Significance: The Larrabee & Hingston Lumber Drying Shed (ca. 1903-ca. 1914) is significant for its association with Peabody's most important historic industry, the tanning of animal hides. The Lumber Drying Shed is an important component of a support/service industry complex associated with the area tanning industry. Larrabee & Hingston, founded in 1931, was a custom builder of wooden tanning vessels and was the last such facility in the Northeast when it closed in 1997.
Survey number: HAER MA-149-B
Building/structure dates: after. 1903- before. 1914 Initial Construction