{"nrhp_refnum":"89000439","name":"Cluett Peabody & Company","other_names":["Mch #h-217"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"123 First St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Leominster","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.526323742000045,"lon":-71.75248273199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-06-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A shirt factory complex at 123 First Street in Leominster, Massachusetts, made up of interconnected brick mill buildings: a 1902 mill with boiler plant and chimney, a 1937 addition, and a 1957 wing.","why_significant":"The complex is significant for its role in Leominster's industrial development, particularly in keeping shirt manufacturing a leading local industry in the first half of the twentieth century. It is also a well-preserved example of two phases of early twentieth-century industrial construction, the 1902 mill and the 1937 addition.","narrative":"This brick factory complex at 123 First Street in Leominster, Massachusetts, grew from a 3 1/2-story mill built in 1902, with a boiler plant and chimney behind it. A four-story addition followed in 1937, and a one-story wing was added in 1957. The complex housed Cluett Peabody & Company, a Troy, New York firm that came to Leominster in 1899 to make its Arrow shirts. It was listed for its place in the city's industrial history and for its architecture. The company kept expanding in the 1930s while many local industries declined, and it employed about 600 people, mostly women. Even after other shirt companies closed, it remained an important employer into the 1950s. The 1902 mill combines Georgian Revival touches with a typical mill layout, including granite trim and steel sash windows. The 1937 block shows the clean lines of later industrial plants. The complex was largely vacant when documented, and apartment conversion was proposed.","period_of_significance":"1901-1937","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian Revival; other: Industrial Mill Design","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The property has been largely vacant for several years with minimal vandalism or deterioration, and conversion to residential apartments was proposed.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.856525-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/22/7974/63797422/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000439.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000439/dc6f3c4ee1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000439/dc6f3c4ee1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cluett_Peabody_Leominster.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cluett_Peabody_Leominster.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63797422","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluett_Peabody_%26_Company","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5136590"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/cluett-peabody-and-company-89000439/"}