{"nrhp_refnum":"08001070","name":"Dennison Manufacturing Co. Paper Box Factory","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"175 Maple St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marlborough","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.34093199900008,"lon":-71.54311736799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-11-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story reinforced concrete and brick daylight factory at 175 Maple Street, Marlborough, Massachusetts, built in 1923 with a large addition in 1927, designed by Boston architects Monks and Johnson for the Dennison Manufacturing Company's paper box division.","why_significant":"The building is argued to be significant locally under Criterion A for its role in Marlborough's post-World War I effort to broaden its industrial base beyond shoes, and for its link to the Dennison Manufacturing Company. Under Criterion C it is a representative work of Monks and Johnson and an intact 1920s flat-slab, reinforced concrete factory.","narrative":"Rising five stories at the corner of Maple and Valley Streets in Marlborough, Massachusetts, this reinforced concrete and brick factory was built in 1923 for the Dennison Manufacturing Company's paper box division. Boston architects Monks and Johnson, who specialized in factory design, drew the plans, and a large addition in 1927 nearly doubled the plant. The design is a daylight factory with exposed concrete framing, brick spandrels beneath large banks of windows, mushroom columns inside, and no applied ornament. It was built during a city initiative to attract varied industries beyond the shoe trade, and it served as Dennison's sole plant for paper boxes, mainly for the jewelry trade. Dennison sold the box division in 1969 to DesignPak, which kept making boxes until 2006. Some windows and entrances have been replaced, though the integrity of the building is described as minimally affected. The building was recently vacated in anticipation of rehabilitation.","period_of_significance":"1923-1958","architect_builder":"Monks & Johnson","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements / Commercial Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Vacated in late 2006 in anticipation of rehabilitation; listed in the form as vacant/not in use.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:05.240831-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/14/7958/63795814/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/08001070.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001070/01eb150784-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001070/01eb150784-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MarlboroughMA_FormerDennisonMfgFactory.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MarlboroughMA_FormerDennisonMfgFactory.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795814","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennison_Manufacturing_Co._Paper_Box_Factory","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5259118"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/dennison-manufacturing-co-paper-box-factory-08001070/"}