{"nrhp_refnum":"82001990","name":"American Woolen Mill Housing District","other_names":["Market Street Tenements"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"300-328 Market St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lawrence","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.69989350000006,"lon":-71.15728899999993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-04-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Community Planning and Development","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A district of nine wood-frame, three-story tenement buildings at 300-328 Market Street in South Lawrence, Massachusetts, completed in 1909 for the American Woolen Company and designed by James E. Allen.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is an example of early twentieth-century corporate paternalism by one of Lawrence's major companies. Its careful overall plan also produced a cohesive group of buildings focused on a pleasant inner courtyard. It is described as the best preserved and most representative of the company's earlier housing phases.","narrative":"Nine wood-frame tenements on Market Street in South Lawrence make up this housing group, completed in 1909 for the American Woolen Company and designed by local architect James E. Allen. The three-story buildings are arranged symmetrically, each half mirroring the other, yet five different designs and angled placement give variety. Queen Anne and Colonial Revival details include pedimented entries, fluted pilasters, bay windows, twenty-five-pane upper sash, and bands of patterned shingles. The layout gave residents more light and air while keeping lot density high, and lawns, trees, shrubs and iron fencing once framed an inner court. The complex provided homes for the families of 36 company employees as part of a 1906-1910 expansion that added 142 residential units in South Lawrence. It is significant as an example of corporate paternalism and as a cohesive planned group. Allen later designed many homes in Shawsheen Village. These tenements remain the best preserved of the company's earlier housing.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"James E. Allen","architectural_style":"Queen Anne and Colonial Revival motifs","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as occupied rental units in deteriorated condition, showing deterioration and vandalism; 306-308 Market Street was closed after a recent fire that did not seriously damage the exterior.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.934151-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/19/7950/63795019/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/82001990.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001990/b250846b05-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001990/b250846b05-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LawrenceMA_AmericanWoolenMillHousing.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:LawrenceMA_AmericanWoolenMillHousing.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795019","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Woolen_Mill_Housing_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4745394"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/american-woolen-mill-housing-district-82001990/"}