Brown Stocking Mill Historic District

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Brown Stocking Mill Historic District
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39 Brownville Avenue
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Location Ipswich, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°40′38″N70°50′49″W / 42.67722°N 70.84694°W / 42.67722; -70.84694
Built1907
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No. 96000924 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 22, 1996

The Brown Stocking Mill Historic District in Ipswich, Massachusetts encompasses the (now demolished) mill building of Harry S. Brown's stocking-making factory, and associated mill worker housing Brown had built. Brown, a supervisor at the Ipswich Mills, established his company in 1906, constructed a factory on Brownville Avenue, and built a series of worker housing units on Brownville and several nearby streets. [2] The historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. It includes properties at 24—32 Broadway Avenue, 3—41 Brownville Avenue, 10 Burleigh Avenue, 3—5 Burleigh Place, and 35—47 Topsfield Road. [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. "MACRIS inventory record for Brown Stocking Mill Co. - Essex Hosiery Co. Mill". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved December 31, 2013.