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Coordinates: 42°27′43″N 70°56′41″W / 42.46194°N 70.94472°W / 42.46194; -70.94472
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Lynn Realty Company Building No. 2
Lynn Realty Company Building No. 2
Lynn Realty Company Building No. 2 is located in Massachusetts
Lynn Realty Company Building No. 2
Lynn Realty Company Building No. 2 is located in the United States
Lynn Realty Company Building No. 2
LocationLynn, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°27′43″N 70°56′41″W / 42.46194°N 70.94472°W / 42.46194; -70.94472
Built1902
ArchitectRogers,Henry W.
Architectural styleNo Style Listed
NRHP reference No.83000579[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 31, 1983

The Lynn Realty Company Building No. 2 is a historic commercial building at 672-680 Washington Street in Lynn, Massachusetts. A long rectangular eight story brick building, it was built in 1902 to a design by local architect Henry W. Rogers. The building is three window bays wide and seventeen long. Although it originally formally fronted on Washington Street, it extends on its long axis for most of a city block along Farrar Street. The original Washington Street entrance has been filled in, and the present entrance is now at what was the rear of the building, the southeast side, where there is a metal awning leading to a modern glass door. Windows on the street-facing sides are paired, with granite sills and header arches of a lighter-colored brick than the main body of the building. Brick pilasters rise between these paired windows the full height of the building, to a modestly-corbelled cornice.[2]

The Lynn Realty Company was a company formed to redevelop Lynn after a disastrous fire in 1889 destroyed much of the downtown, along with major shoe factories. The Company had this building built in 1902, when the shoe business began to show signs of recovery. The building provided space for all manner of businesses related to the manufacture of shoes, providing power and a fire-safe environment. Although the building was fitted for steam power, it was designed with an electrical system (then a novelty) as a backup. However, the low cost of the electrical power meant that the steam system was apparently never used.[2]

The building has been converted to residential use.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b c "MACRIS inventory record for Lynn Realty Company Building No. 2". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
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