Children skating. Lowell, Massachusetts
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Store going out of business. Lowell, Massachusetts
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Firm understanding. The big base ring for an 8-inch gun, railway carri...
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Proud of his job. Smiling worker in an eastern arsenal hand finishes t...
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Boston and Maine railroad shops at Billerica, Massachusetts. Open air ...
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Hamilton Canal, Wasteway Gatehouse, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA
Significance: The existing gatehouse as built in 1872 to replace the original gatehouse, which had been constructed in 1850. The original equipment for operating the gate is still in existence. Survey number:... More
John Nelson Barn, Great North Road (State Route 2A), Lincoln, Middlese...
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John Nelson Barn, Great North Road (State Route 2A), Lincoln, Middlese...
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Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 312, Wooley Avenue, Watertown, Middles...
Significance: Building No. 312, constructed to facilitate the erection of gun carriages, is significant for its industrial association with three adjacent buildings to the west, south, and north (312, HAER No. ... More
Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 131, Arsenal Street, Watertown, Middle...
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Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 131, Arsenal Street, Watertown, Middle...
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Northern Canal, Pawtucket Gatehouse, Northern Canal & Merrimack River,...
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John Bemis House, 425 Main Street, Watertown, Middlesex County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-131 Building/structure dates: ca. 1740 Initial Construction
John Bemis House, 425 Main Street, Watertown, Middlesex County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-131 Building/structure dates: ca. 1740 Initial Construction
Buckman Tavern, Bedford Street, Lexington, Middlesex County, MA
Significance: The earliest portion of this structure, built by Benjamin Muzzy, traditionally dates to the late seventeenth century. Operated as a tavern by John Buckman in 1775, it served as a gathering place ... More
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Bigelow Chapel, 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambri...
Significance: The Bigelow Chapel reflects the romantic picturesque style of architectural envisioned for cemetery grounds. It is part of the Mount Auburn Cemetery, a garden cemetery project by Massachusetts Ho... More
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Bigelow Chapel, 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambri...
Significance: The Bigelow Chapel reflects the romantic picturesque style of architectural envisioned for cemetery grounds. It is part of the Mount Auburn Cemetery, a garden cemetery project by Massachusetts Ho... More
Samuel Brooks House, North Great Road (State Route 2A), Concord, Middl...
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Major John Buttrick House, Liberty Street, Concord, Middlesex County, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-312 Survey number: HABS MA-1146
Jonathan Brooks House, Woburn & High Streets, West Medford, Middlesex ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-79 Survey number: HABS MA-144 Building/structure dates: 1786 Initial Construction
Jonathan Brooks House, Woburn & High Streets, West Medford, Middlesex ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-79 Survey number: HABS MA-144 Building/structure dates: 1786 Initial Construction
Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 43, Arsenal Street, Watertown, Middles...
Significance: Building No. 43 is one of the earliest buildings on the present AMTL property and was integral to the industrial development of the Watertown Arsenal after 1862. It was originally erected as a Sm... More
84-92 Spring Street (Row Houses), Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA
Significance: Wood-frame vernacular row houses. Survey number: HABS MA-867
Governor Christopher Gore Place, Gore Street, Waltham, Middlesex Count...
See also HABS MA-210 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS MA-210-A Building/structure dates: 1805- 1806 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1835 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates... More
Governor Christopher Gore Place, Gore Street, Waltham, Middlesex Count...
See also HABS MA-210 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS MA-210-A Building/structure dates: 1805- 1806 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1835 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates... More
Governor Christopher Gore Place, Gore Street, Waltham, Middlesex Count...
See also HABS MA-210 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS MA-210-A Building/structure dates: 1805- 1806 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1835 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates... More
Governor Christopher Gore Place, Gore Street, Waltham, Middlesex Count...
See also HABS MA-210 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS MA-210-A Building/structure dates: 1805- 1806 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1835 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates... More
Natick Research & Development Laboratories, Climatic Chambers Building...
Significance: The U.S. Army Natick Research and Development Laboratories is significant primarily for its function and for the buildings and engineering components of the complex which fulfill that function. W... More
Parsons-Warner House, 63 Garden Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, M...
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson House, 29 Buckingham Street, Cambridge, Mid...
Significance: Thomas Wentworth Higginson, who was born in Cambridge at 7 Kirkland Street, lived in this modest, shingled, Queen Anne House. He was an abolitionist. Survey number: HABS MA-1023 Building/struct... More
Eastern Canal, Bridge & Armory Streets vicinity, Lowell, Middlesex Cou...
Significance: The opening of the Eastern Canal in 1835 marked the end of the second phase of construction of the Lowell Canal System as it had been planned in 1821. The Eastern Canal connected the Pawtucket an... More
Brooks Farmhouse, 24 Woburn Street, West Medford, Middlesex County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-229 Building/structure dates: 17t4 Initial Construction
Brooks Farmhouse, 24 Woburn Street, West Medford, Middlesex County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-229 Building/structure dates: 17t4 Initial Construction
Moody Street Feeder, Gatehouse, Moody Street Feeder & Merrimack Canal,...
Significance: The Moody Street Feeder Gatehouse contains manually controlled equipment for operating the sluice gates which were used to control the flow of water through the Moody Street Feeder. Survey number... More
Wright Tavern, 2 Lexington Road, Concord, Middlesex County, MA
Significance: Traditionally believed to have been built in 1747, this structure has two later additions to the north and west. Its first owner was Ephraim Jones, a captain in the militia, from whom Amos Wright... More
Wright Tavern, 2 Lexington Road, Concord, Middlesex County, MA
Significance: Traditionally believed to have been built in 1747, this structure has two later additions to the north and west. Its first owner was Ephraim Jones, a captain in the militia, from whom Amos Wright... More
Boston & Albany Railroad Station, 1897 Washington Street, Newton, Midd...
Significance: This is one of several railroad stations designed by H.H. Richardson for the Boston and Albany Railroad. It is smaller than, and rather different from most of the others. Survey number: HABS MA-... More
Edwin H. Abbot House, 1 Follen Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA
Significance: The Edwin H. Abbot House is Cambridge's most substantial dwelling, unusual in being built of stone. It is a typical mansion of the Richardsonian period, and is well preserved and serving an appro... More
George Washington Whittemore House, 329 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Mid...
Significance: House was originally remarkable for extensive use of exterior papier mache ornament. Front and side eaves of main block, and cupola were trimmed with molded papier mache "gingerbread" mounted on ... More
William James House, 95 Irving Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA
Significance: This was the home of philosopher William James. The building is a conservative shingled Colonial Revival style designed by William R. Emerson, architect. Survey number: HABS MA-1024 Building/st... More
Doctor Oliver Prescott Milestones, Farmers Row & Main Street; Great Ro...
See also HABS MA-1182, MA-1183, & MA-1184 for additional documentation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS MA-203 Building/structure dates: 1787 Initial Const... More
Stephen Higginson Jr. House, 7 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Middlesex C...
Survey number: HABS MA-840 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hamilton Canal, Jackson Street vicinity, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA
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Milestones MM, NN & OO, Various Wayland locations, Wayland, Middlesex ...
Survey number: HABS MA-128-12 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Harvard College, Hollis Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, Middlesex Count...
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Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 114, Watertown, Middlesex County, MA
Survey number: HAER MA-20-L Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 152, Watertown, Middlesex County, MA
Survey number: HAER MA-20-O Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 152, Watertown, Middlesex County, MA
Survey number: HAER MA-20-O Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hopkinton Supply Company Building, 26-28 Main Street (corner of Wolcot...
Significance: Example of "mail order" commercial architecture and the changing building technology of the late 19th & early 20th centuries; exemplifying turn-of-the-century manufacturing capabilities in modular... More
Hopkinton Supply Company Building, 26-28 Main Street (corner of Wolcot...
Significance: Example of "mail order" commercial architecture and the changing building technology of the late 19th & early 20th centuries; exemplifying turn-of-the-century manufacturing capabilities in modular... More
Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 111, Arsenal Street, Watertown, Middle...
Significance: Building 111, the Commanding Officer's Quarters at the Watertown Arsenal, is significant as an excellent and highly intact example of elaborate Italianate style architecture, and as one of the mos... More
Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 111, Arsenal Street, Watertown, Middle...
Significance: Building 111, the Commanding Officer's Quarters at the Watertown Arsenal, is significant as an excellent and highly intact example of elaborate Italianate style architecture, and as one of the mos... More
Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 111, Arsenal Street, Watertown, Middle...
Significance: Building 111, the Commanding Officer's Quarters at the Watertown Arsenal, is significant as an excellent and highly intact example of elaborate Italianate style architecture, and as one of the mos... More
Munroe Tavern, 1332 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, Middlesex County,...
Significance: The earliest portion of the structure is traditionally believed to have been built in 1695 by William Munroe. Operated as a tavern by the builder's grandson, Sergeant William Munroe of the Lexing... More
John Wingate Weeks Junior High School, Hereward & Rowena Streets, Newt...
Significance: The Weeks Junior High School is a local reflection of the nation-wide education reform movement which created the junior high concept in the first two decades of the twentieth century. The style ... More
Annie Longfellow Thorpe House, 115 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlese...
Significance: One of the earliest, largest, and best Colonial Revival-style houses in Boston. Family ties with the Longfellow House (1759) two doors away underline the conscious return of Colonial Revival arch... More
Captain William Smith House, Virginia Road, Lincoln, Middlesex County,...
Significance: The Captain William Smith House was built in 1692-93 and, although altered, retains original features such as the plaster cove of the front cornice, an element that flourished in Massachusetts fro... More
Lowell Canal System, Merrimack & Concord Rivers, Lowell, Middlesex Cou...
Significance: The City of Lowell is generally considered to be the birthplace of large-scale manufacturing in the U.S. Begun as a transportation canal, the Lowell Canal System evolved, during the 19th century,... More
Valentine-Fuller House & Garden, 125 Prospect Street, Cambridge, Middl...
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Sergeant Samuel Hartwell House, Virginia Road, Lincoln, Middlesex Coun...
Significance: According to most sources, this house was built by Samuel Hartwell III prior to 1758 and figured in the retreat of the British Regulars from Concord to Lexington. It appears to have been built as... More
Golden Ball Tavern, 662 Central Avenue, Weston, Middlesex County, MA
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Jonathan Eames House, Union Avenue (moved to Prospect Street), Framing...
Significance: An eighteenth-century example of New England frame house (salt-box) growing by accretion, and in step with successive generations of the Eames family, over a period of two hundred and forty-eight ... More
Andrew Hall House, 45 High Street, 49 High Street, 57 High Street, Med...
Survey number: HABS MA-159 Building/structure dates: ca. 1727 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1939 Demolished
St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Newton, Middlesex County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-148 Survey number: HABS MA-389
Meetinghouse of First Parish (Unitarian), Bedford, Middlesex County, M...
Survey number: HABS MA-538 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Meetinghouse of First Parish (Unitarian), Bedford, Middlesex County, M...
Survey number: HABS MA-538 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Harvard University, Lawrence Hall, 3 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Middl...
Significance: This academic building was originally built as a laboratory and residence. Designed in a brick Italianate style, the building had been extensively remodeled, but retained its original exterior ch... More
Joshua Brooks House, North Great Road (State Route 2A), Lincoln, Middl...
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Joshua Brooks House, North Great Road (State Route 2A), Lincoln, Middl...
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Hartwell Tavern, Virginia Road, Lincoln, Middlesex County, MA
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Hartwell Tavern, Virginia Road, Lincoln, Middlesex County, MA
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Hartwell Tavern, Virginia Road, Lincoln, Middlesex County, MA
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Hartwell Tavern, Virginia Road, Lincoln, Middlesex County, MA
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Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex Co...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27 Survey number: HABS MA-169 Building/structure dates: 1759 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1793 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More
Wyman-Tower House, 401 Woodward Street, Newton, Middlesex County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS MA-147 Building/structure dates: ca. 1790 Initial Construction
Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 97, Wooley Avenue, Watertown, Middlese...
Significance: The significance of Building No. 97 lies in the fact that its changing use from an industrial facility to a modern laboratory provides a physical illustration of the changing mission of Watertown ... More
Beacon Oil Company Gas Station, 107 Winn Street, Woburn, Middlesex Cou...
Significance: The Beacon Oil Company Gas Station is associated with the development of the automobile age in the early 20th century. It is one of the only intact examples surviving in the Boston area. Survey ... More
First Baptist Church, 5 Magazine Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, ...
Significance: The First Baptist Church is a local landmark with patterned brickwork and a tall corner spire on a prominent urban site. It is in original condition inside and out. Survey number: HABS MA-1017
Colonel Isaac Royall House, Main Street, between George & Royall Stree...
Survey number: HABS MA-577 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000786
Colonel Isaac Royall House, Main Street, between George & Royall Stree...
Survey number: HABS MA-577 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000786
Mill House No. 1, Chestnut Street, Newton, Middlesex County, MA
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Mount Auburn Cemetery, Main Gate, 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, ...
Significance: A monument to the causes and victory of the Civil War, the inscription reads, "American Union Preserved, African slavery destroyed by the uprising of a great people by the blood of fallen heroes. ... More
Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 142, Arsenal Street, Watertown, Middle...
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Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 142, Arsenal Street, Watertown, Middle...
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John Woodward House, 238 Woodward Street, Newton, Middlesex County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS MA-146 Building/structure dates: 1681 Initial Construction
John Woodward House, 238 Woodward Street, Newton, Middlesex County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS MA-146 Building/structure dates: 1681 Initial Construction
Watertown Arsenal, Olmsted Landscape, Arsenal Street, Watertown, Middl...
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Lawrence Farmhouse, 353 Lawrence Road, Medford, Middlesex County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-246 Building/structure dates: ca. 1785 Initial Construction
Malden Town Hall, Main & Pleasant Streets, Malden, Middlesex County, M...
Significance: The structure served as Malden's Town Hall (later City Hall) from 1857 until 1975. Designed by a Boston architect, it was the second brick building erected in the town. This prominent building, ... More
Count Rumford Birthplace (Garden), 90 Elm Street, North Woburn, Middle...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-48 Survey number: HABS MA-240 Building/structure dates: ca. 1700- 1714 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1923 Initial Construction ... More
Aiken Street Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Aiken Street, Lowell,...
Significance: The Aiken Street Bridge is the longest lenticular bridge surviving in the United States, and is the only remaining example having more than three spans. It is the second oldest of the eight lenti... More
Aiken Street Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Aiken Street, Lowell,...
Significance: The Aiken Street Bridge is the longest lenticular bridge surviving in the United States, and is the only remaining example having more than three spans. It is the second oldest of the eight lenti... More
Pawtucket Canal, Lower Locks, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA
Significance: The Lower Locks are comprised of two navigation locks and a dam, with a head of 17 feet. They were some of the earliest locks in the Lowell Canal System, originally constructed in the first phase... More
Newton Free Library, 414 Centre Street, Newton Corner, Middlesex Count...
Significance: The building represents one of the first 19th century "free libraries" constructed in Massachusetts and was an important public building in Newton from 1870-1991. The original building was design... More
Newton Free Library, 414 Centre Street, Newton Corner, Middlesex Count...
Significance: The building represents one of the first 19th century "free libraries" constructed in Massachusetts and was an important public building in Newton from 1870-1991. The original building was design... More
Newton Free Library, 414 Centre Street, Newton Corner, Middlesex Count...
Significance: The building represents one of the first 19th century "free libraries" constructed in Massachusetts and was an important public building in Newton from 1870-1991. The original building was design... More
Walcott House, 179 Great Road, Stow, Middlesex County, MA
Significance: The significance of the Walcott House lies in the building's architecture and its historical association with Stow, Lower Village. The Walcott House, 179 Great Road, Stow, Massachusetts was origi... More
Walcott House, 179 Great Road, Stow, Middlesex County, MA
Significance: The significance of the Walcott House lies in the building's architecture and its historical association with Stow, Lower Village. The Walcott House, 179 Great Road, Stow, Massachusetts was origi... More
Fiske House, Littleton Street & Billerica Road, Chelmsford, Middlesex ...
Significance: The Fiske House is one of the earliest Federal period houses (1798) in North Middlesex County. Prior to its association with the Fiske family, Thomas Moore operated the house as a tavern. Thus, ... More
Fiske House, Littleton Street & Billerica Road, Chelmsford, Middlesex ...
Significance: The Fiske House is one of the earliest Federal period houses (1798) in North Middlesex County. Prior to its association with the Fiske family, Thomas Moore operated the house as a tavern. Thus, ... More