South Common Historic District
South Common Historic District | |
Buildings on Summer Street, viewed from the common | |
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Location | Lowell, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°38′13″N 71°18′41″W / 42.63694°N 71.31139°WCoordinates: 42°38′13″N 71°18′41″W / 42.63694°N 71.31139°W |
Architect | Multiple |
Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival, Late Victorian |
NRHP Reference # | [1] |
Added to NRHP | August 10, 1982 |
The South Common Historic District of Lowell, Massachusetts, encompasses the city's South Common and the various public, religious, and private residential buildings that flank its borders. The South Common, about 22.5 acres (9.1 ha) in size, was purchased by the city in 1845 in an auction by the Proprietors of Locks and Canals, who owned much of the city's industrial area. Although the common was landscaped, it was not apparently done so to a plan. It quickly became lined with fashionable residences, and several iconic public buildings, including the 1850 courthouse, a Romantic Revival structure designed by Ammi Young, and a series of Gothic Revival churches. Highland Avenue was built out with a series of fine Italianate houses.[2]
The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
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References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for South Common Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-02.