{"nrhp_refnum":"96000609","name":"Howland Mill Village Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Bolton, Winsper, Hemlock Sts., and Rockdale Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Bedford","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.614869500000054,"lon":-70.93363865834448,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-05-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 9.9 acres in the southern part of New Bedford, Massachusetts, made up of workers' cottages built mainly in 1888-1890 by the Howland Mill Corporation, with some later double-deckers from about 1915-1925.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is significant as a visually cohesive group of single-family mill workers' cottages, deliberately designed as an attractive village with winding paths and a rural feel. It contrasted with the monotonous tenement blocks associated with workers' housing in New Bedford. The cottages show Queen Anne and Colonial Revival design, and the area also reflects the city's changing immigrant communities, especially Portuguese.","narrative":"Howland Mill Village is a compact neighborhood of about 9.9 acres in the southern part of New Bedford, Massachusetts. The Howland Mill Corporation built most of it in 1888-1890 as housing for its workers, with several double-deckers added on open parcels between about 1915 and 1925. The district holds 98 resources, 72 of them contributing, mostly small wood-frame cottages in four basic types: gable-end, jerkin-front, and two gambrel-roofed variations. Their designs draw on Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles, including patterned shingles, clipped gables and classical porch columns. The cottages sit at varied angles along curving streets, surrounded by small fenced yards, vegetable gardens and grape arbors. Planned as a pleasant village rather than a block of tenements, the layout contrasts with typical mill housing in the city. Over time the residents shifted from English, Irish and French-Canadian families to largely Portuguese ones, and the area remains part of the city's Portuguese community.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Howland Mill Corporation","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Most properties are in fair to good condition and well maintained, though many have altered porches, windows and siding; the large company tenement is in poorer condition. Current uses are domestic, with some commerce.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:05.20988-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/86/7944/63794486/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/96000609.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000609/e7e147f4ae-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000609/e7e147f4ae-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewBedfordMA_HowlandMillVillage.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:NewBedfordMA_HowlandMillVillage.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794486","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howland_Mill_Village_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5922246"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/howland-mill-village-historic-district-96000609/"}