Mechanics Block Historic District

The Mechanics Block Historic District is a historic district at 107 - 139 Garden St. and 6 - 38 Orchard Street in Lawrence, Massachusetts. It encompasses two segments of brick rowhouses that are back-to-back. The rowhouses are 2 1/2 story brick buildings, organized into mirror-image pairs, with a single gable-roof dormer piercing the side-gable roofs for each unit. They were built in 1847 by the Essex Company (the development arm of the Lawrence mill operators) as worker housing.[2]

Mechanics Block Historic District
LocationLawrence, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°42′34″N 71°9′17″W
Built1847
ArchitectUnknown
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.73001942 [1] (original)
78000451 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 3, 1973
Boundary increaseMay 23, 1978

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and expanded in 1978.[1]

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