{"nrhp_refnum":"82001878","name":"Dodge Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"19-23 Pleasant St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newburyport","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.81012601200007,"lon":-70.87994505899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-08-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story brick former shoe factory at 19-23 Pleasant Street in Newburyport's central business district, built in stages in 1873, 1875 and 1880 for shoe manufacturer Elisha Perkins Dodge.","why_significant":"It was Newburyport's largest and most elaborate shoe factory and one of the few such factories still standing. It retains fine Italianate detailing and is tied to the growth of the local shoe industry. The nomination cites criteria A and C.","narrative":"Rising five stories above Pleasant Street in downtown Newburyport, this brick building began as a shoe factory. Construction started in 1873 with a four-story northern block, followed by a rear addition in 1875, a boiler house and smokestack in 1880, and a slate mansard roof added by 1884. The earliest section carries Italianate details, including rusticated brick piers, projecting brick window hoods, belt courses and a shallow central pavilion, while the rear wing is plainer. Elisha Perkins Dodge ran his shoe business here until his death in 1902, using mechanized stitching equipment and selling finished shoes directly to wholesalers. The firm became Newburyport's largest business, with gross income above $1,000,000 in 1886. The W. D. Hannah Shoe Company took over in the 1920s and made shoes here into the 1950s. The building was listed as the city's largest and most elaborate surviving shoe factory, with a freestanding 1880 smokestack still in place.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate (mid-Victorian industrial architecture)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in use for commercial purposes; the form describes the condition as good and altered. Upper floors were leased to commercial and light industrial tenants after the 1950s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.997404-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/0/7949/63794900/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/82001878.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001878/1d8b9db4fc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001878/1d8b9db4fc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dodge_Building,_Newburyport_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dodge_Building,_Newburyport_MA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"84002411","name":"Newburyport Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/newburyport-historic-district-84002411/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794900","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5287835"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/dodge-building-82001878/"}