Smith Shoe Shop
Smith Shoe Shop | |
Outbuilding at 273 Haverhill Street | |
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Location | Reading, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°32′18.68″N 71°5′13.19″W / 42.5385222°N 71.0869972°WCoordinates: 42°32′18.68″N 71°5′13.19″W / 42.5385222°N 71.0869972°W |
Built | 1845 |
MPS | Reading MRA |
NRHP Reference # | 85000550[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 1, 1985 |
The Smith Shoe Shop is a historic ten-footer shoe workshop at 273 Haverhill Street in Reading, Massachusetts. The small outbuilding is one of a few surviving remnants of the local cottage industry of shoemaking that flourished in the 19th century. These were called "ten footers" because of their relatively small size, and fell out of favor after the introduction of factory-based methods for shoe production in the decades following the American Civil War.[2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Reading, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "NRHP nomination for Smith Shoe Shop". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
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