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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27UM_middlesex-safe-deposit-and-trust-company-building_Lowell-MA.html
Constructed after Palmer Street was cut through between Merrimack and Market streets in 1889, this building was originally home to a bank with private offices upstairs. Renaissance Revival in style, the building is notable for the delicate metal e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27U5_evolution-of-a-millyard_Lowell-MA.html
The Boott Cotton Mills complex is one of the finest examples of mill architecture in the United States. The mill complex you see today resulted from many decades of expansion and adaption.
[Top left diagram]
1830s
Four mill buildings were const…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27TO_in-the-shadow-of-the-mills_Lowell-MA.html
To the right stands a boardinghouse block built in 1837, for the Boott Cotton Mills workers. Dozens of company-owned boardinghouses served as home for the thousands of young, single women - Lowell's "mill girls."
This block was one of eight owned…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27TN_harnessing-waterpower_Lowell-MA.html
Boott Dam
Beneath the gatehouse to your left is a dam that controls the level of water in the Eastern canal. When the water is high, the excess spills into the Merrimack Wasteway and returns to the Merrimack River.
Booth Penstock
Built in 1846,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27TM_the-lowell-sculptures-one-two-and-three_Lowell-MA.html
Site: Boardinghouse Park
Material: Granite, brick, and steel
These sculptures, located in three corners of the park, are composed of simple forms based on Lowell symbols that have been combined in a modular design. The shapes represent aspects o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27TL_w-h-parker-building_Lowell-MA.html
This building began its life as Lowell Primary School No. 3 in 1845 and the first floor dates to that time. By the 1890s it had been acquired by William Parker, a bobbin manufacturer who was also president of the First National Bank. Although Park…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27TK_raymond-a-sullivan_Lowell-MA.html
Citizen · Scholar
Colleague · Father
Disciplinarian
His 37 years of distinguished service as Headmaster scanned [spanned?] five decades which saw the Great Depression—World War II—Korean War—Sputnik—t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27TJ_to-education_Lowell-MA.html
The most powerful
lever of a democracy
in raising the standard
of its citizenship
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A Tribute
from the
People of Lowell
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27TI_brown-fay-and-watson-houses_Lowell-MA.html
These three Greek Revival style town houses were among several private residences built along Kirk Street in the 1840s and 1850s for a growing middle class that was being attracted to Lowell. Named from right to left for their earliest known occup…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27TH_wetherbee-kelly-rose-maynard-and-ward-houses_Lowell-MA.html
These Greek Revival style town houses were among several private residences built along Kirk Street in the 1840s and 1850s for a growing middle class being attracted to Lowell. They are named from left to right for their earliest known occupants: …