The House at 113 Salem Street in
Wakefield, Massachusetts is a rare well-preserved example of a 19th-century shoemaker's shop. The -story wood-frame house was built in the 1840s or 1850s, and was originally the shoe shop of David Nichols, who lived at 103 Salem Street. Its early form, with the high-pitch, gable roof, is readily recognizable despite later alterations and additions. These types of buildings were once common in the town, where shoemaking was a home-based
cottage industry
The putting-out system is a means of subcontracting work. Historically, it was also known as the workshop system and the domestic system. In putting-out, work is contracted by a central agent to subcontractors who complete the project via remote ...
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The house was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
See also
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
References
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wakefield, Massachusetts
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