Simonds Manufacturing Company, Building Nos. 2 & 3, 23-55 North Street, Fitchburg, Worcester County, MA

Significance: The building is significant as part of the plant of Simond Manufacturing Company, a maker of circular saws, band saws, and machine knives. From the late 19th century to the present, the company has been one of Fitchburg's major manufacturers. This building was used for the several machining, grinding, and polishing processes involved in saw manufacture. It also accommodated the company's offices in the north end of the building. The building is a typical example of standard early 20th-century mill construction. Its long and narrow proportions, brick-pier walls, shallow-pitched roof, slow-burn floors, and heavy timber internal framing are characteristic of general-purpose manufacturing buildings of the period. It was designed by Dean & Main, a Boston firm.
Survey number: HABS MA-1265-B