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| Location | 110 Hecla Street, Uxbridge, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°4′28″N71°36′47″W / 42.07444°N 71.61306°W |
| Built | 1850 |
| MPS | Uxbridge MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 83004120 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 7, 1983 |
The Granite Store is a historic building located at 110 Hecla Street, in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
This 2+1⁄2 story granite building was constructed c. 1850–60, and may have been built by the Spaulding Company, who owned the nearby mill complex. It is distinctive locally as a granite structure in a residential area of predominantly wood-frame houses, and for its uses as a company store and meeting space (above). [2] The building has since been converted to residential use.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 7, 1983. [1]
The Socialist Labor Party Hall at 46 Granite Street, Barre, Vermont was constructed in 1900. It was a location for debates among anarchists, socialists, and union leaders over the future direction of the labor movement in the United States in the early 20th century.
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Granite Store, or variants thereof, may refer to:
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