Saxonville Historic District
Saxonville Historic District is located in Massachusetts
Saxonville Historic District
Saxonville Historic District is located in the United States
Saxonville Historic District
LocationFramingham, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°19′29″N 71°24′4″W / 42.32472°N 71.40111°W / 42.32472; -71.40111
Area56.75 acres (22.97 ha)
Built1823
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Second Empire, Italianate
NRHP reference No.92000992 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 20, 1992

The Saxonville Historic District of Framingham, Massachusetts, encompasses a historic 19th century mill village at the heart of Saxonville. The district is centered on the mill complex at the junction of Water, Central, Elm, and Concord Streets, radiating north on Elm Street and west on Water Street. The extant mill brick and concrete buildings were built after fires destroyed older mill buildings in the 1880s by the Roxbury Carpet Company, whose owner, Michael Simpson, had successfully orchestrated the commercial production of carpets in a single facility. The district includes mill worker housing, some of which dates to the 1820s, as well as private residential development from the period, and a cluster of commercial and civic buildings adjacent to the mill complex.[2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Saxonville Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved May 10, 2014.


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