{"nrhp_refnum":"83000583","name":"Salem Landry","other_names":["Hp-1"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"55 Lafayette St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Salem","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.52020748900003,"lon":-70.89337617699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-07-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story concrete factory building at 55 Lafayette Street in Salem, Massachusetts, built in 1906 for the Salem Laundry Company.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the first concrete structure in Salem and an advanced example of contemporary technology. Its tooled, imitation-ashlar concrete block reflects an intermediate stage in concrete block development, unusually early for 1906. It is judged to meet criterion C and to retain integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and association.","narrative":"Built in 1906 at 55 Lafayette Street, this four-story factory was the first concrete structure in Salem. It housed the Salem Laundry, a business the Hooper family operated from the late 1800s and moved to this site in 1906. The facade has three bays with large areas of steel-frame factory sash, and the central bay projects slightly. Piers of ashlar-tooled concrete block separate the bays, while the spandrels and fasciae are smooth and plainly detailed. The block imitates cut stone, a style typical of an intermediate stage in concrete block development that peaked between 1910 and 1920, so its use in Salem in 1906 is notable. The severe form and the use of block throughout, rather than as an accent, suggest an ambitious approach anticipating a more direct expression of the material. Apart from a one-story addition on the north side, the original structure remains intact. Part of the building now serves as a coin-operated laundry and dry cleaner.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Functional","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used commercially; commercial laundry service has been reduced in favor of a small coin-operated laundry and dry cleaning business, and business offices remain in the building.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.201394-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/91/7898/63789891/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000583.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000583/a7aa5be388-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000583/a7aa5be388-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SalemMA_SalemLaundry.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:SalemMA_SalemLaundry.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789891","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_Laundry","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7404134"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/salem-landry-83000583/"}