Washington Street Shoe District Explained

Washington Street Shoe District
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Location:Haverhill, Massachusetts
Coordinates:42.7736°N -71.0847°W
Built:1856
Architect:Littlefield, Josiah M.; Multiple
Architecture:Italianate, Queen Anne, Romanesque
Added:October 14, 1976
Refnum:76000257

The Washington Street Shoe District of Haverhill, Massachusetts encompasses a two block section of Washington and Wingate Streets, between Railroad Square and Essex Street, in which there were more than 60 shoe factories established in the late 19th century. Buildings in the district are predominantly brick with Italianate styling, and are of a modest scale (three or four stories), unlike later shoe factories which resembled textile mills in size and style.[1] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: MACRIS inventory record for Washington Street Shoe District. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2014-01-16.