{"nrhp_refnum":"83000587","name":"Vamp Building","other_names":["Lynn Realty Building #4"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3-15 Liberty Square","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lynn","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.46257875400005,"lon":-70.94673330599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-03-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An eight-story red brick former shoe factory at 3-15 Liberty Square in Lynn, Massachusetts, built in 1903 with a major addition in 1907 for the Lynn Realty Company. It is triangular in plan, with a courtyard on the rear elevation.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it was the largest shoe factory built by the Lynn Realty Company and was believed locally to be the largest in the world. It is one of a handful of surviving downtown buildings representing Lynn's major industry. It also shows the plain mill construction used in the rebuilding after the 1889 fire, and it retains integrity of location, design, materials and workmanship.","narrative":"Rising eight stories at the corner of Broad and Union Streets in Lynn, the Vamp Building is a former shoe factory built in 1903, with a major addition in 1907. Henry W. Rogers is named as the architect or builder. The building was erected by the Lynn Realty Company, which built large factories during the city's last great period of shoe industry growth, and it was described as the largest shoe factory in the world. Its triangular plan wraps around a courtyard, and its red brick walls are divided by full-height pilasters into paired window bays under segmental arches. Contemporaries called its design the simplest style of mill construction, a sharp contrast to the more ornamented factories of the 1890s. It survived the fall 1981 fire that destroyed much of the surrounding factory district, and a certified rehabilitation has converted it to apartments. It was listed for its industrial history and architecture.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Henry W. Rogers","architectural_style":"Simple mill construction, described as utilitarian, with red brick and buff brick trim","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Converted to apartments through a certified rehabilitation after damage in the fall 1981 fire. The form lists it as occupied and in excellent condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.325136-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/6/7949/63794906/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000587.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000587/d964015e59-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000587/d964015e59-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vamp_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vamp_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794906","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vamp_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7912941"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/vamp-building-83000587/"}