Henderson Carriage Repository

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Henderson Carriage Repository
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Location Cambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°23′29.6″N71°7′23.0″W / 42.391556°N 71.123056°W / 42.391556; -71.123056
Built1892
ArchitectCharles Park
MPS Cambridge MRA
NRHP reference No. 82001947 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1982

The Henderson Carriage Repository is a historic building at 2067-2089 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Located just outside Porter Square, the five story brick building was built in 1892 by the Henderson family of carriage makers, to a design by Charles Park. The building was primarily used as a storage facility for carriages, with its upper floors holding as many as 2000. [2] It has since been converted for use as offices and retail businesses.

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The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [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 Henderson Carriage Repository". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-19.