The Saxonville Historic District of
Framingham, Massachusetts, encompasses a historic 19th century mill village at the heart of
Saxonville
Saxonville is a historic mill village located in the north end of the city of Framingham, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts 01701.
Geography
Saxonville is located at 42.3203 degrees N latitude, 71.4404 degrees W longitude.
Large areas o ...
. 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.
The district was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1992.
See also
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References
Historic districts in Framingham, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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