National Register of Historical Places
Properties in Lowell, MA
www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/MA/Middlesex
Allen House
57 Rolfe Street
Andover Street Historical District
245-834 Andover Street, 569, 579 E. Merrimack Street
Belvidere Hill Historic District
Fairview, Talbot and Summit Streets, Belmont Avenue and parts of Nesmith, Mansur and Fairmont Streets
Jerathmell Bowers House
15 Wood Street
Jonathan Bowers House, also known as the Round House, the Castle
58 Wannalancit Street
Brown-Maynard House
84 Tenth Street
Butler School
812 Gorham Street
Chelmsford Glass Work’s Long House, also known as Chelmsford Glass Work’s Tenement House
139-141 Baldwin Street
City Hall Historic District
Roughly area between Broadway and French Streets, Colburn Street, and both sides of Kirk Street
Colburn School
136 Lawrence Street
Flagg-Coburn House also known as Coburn House
722 E. Merrimack Street
Fox, Warren Building
190-196 Middlesex Street
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church also known as Holy Trinity Hellenic orthodox Church
Lewis Street
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Howe Building
208 Middlesex Street
Hoyt-Shedd Estate
386-396 Andover Street, 569-579 E. Merrimack Street
Lowell Cemetery
www.lowellcemetery.com
984 Lawrence Street
Lowell Historic Preservation District
Lowell area around Merrimack River
Lowell Locks and Canals Historic District also known as Belvidere Hill Historic District
Located between Middlesex Street and the Merrimack River
Lowell Post Office
89 Appleton Street
Merrimack/Middle Streets Historic District (Downtown)
Merrimack, Middle, Prescott, Central and Market Streets
Middlesex Canal
Running SE between towns of Lowell, Woburn and Chelmsford
Monarch Diner also known as Four Sisters Owl Diner, Owl Diner
246 Appleton Street
Musketaquid Mills
131 Davidson Street
Rogers Fort Hill Park Historic District
Roughly bounded by High Street, Mansur Street, Concord Road and Lowell Cemetery
South Common Historic District
Roughly bounded by Summer, Gorham, Horndike and Highland Streets
Spalding House
Available for use for events and for tours on appointment basis: http://www.lowelllandtrust.org/Spalding_house.html
St. Joseph’s Convent and School
517 Moody Street
St. Patrick’s Church
284 Suffolk Street
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Tyler Park Historic District
Roughly bounded by Princeton, Foster and Pine Streets
U.S. Post Office also known as Federal Building
50 Kearny Square
Varnum Building also known as United Building
401-405 Bridge Street
Varnum School
103 Sixth Street
Wamesit Canal-Whipple Mill Industrial Complex also known as Centennial Island
576 Lawrence Street
Wannalancit Street Historic District
14-71 Wannalancit Street and 390, 406 Pawtucket Street
Washington Square Historical District
Roughly bounded by Merrimack, Park, Andover, Oak, Harrison and Willow Streets
(Boundary Increase 140-160 Andover Street)
Wilder Street Historic District
284-360 Wilder Street
Worcester House
658 Andover Street
Lowell Hellenic Heritage Association
P.O. Box 9602
Lowell, MA 01853
http://ecommunity.uml.edu/hellenicheritage
The Lowell Hellenic Heritage Association is a nonprofit organization with over 150 members and a Board of Directors. In 1996, a group of Lowell area Hellenes set about to preserve the heritage of the Greek American community in the Lowell region setting the goal of telling the story of their Greek American community from the arrival of the first immigrant in 1874 to the modern day.
Light of Cambodian Children, Inc.
Preserving Cambodian Folktale
9 Central Street, Suite 203
Lowell, MA 01852
978-454-6323
http://www.lccweb.org/
Raksmei Kone Khmer is a non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in 1998 by a group of young and young-adult Khmer-Americans living in the New England areas. Their mission is to build a future based on non-violence, caring, understanding, and humanitarian relief for children in Cambodia as well as Khmer American youth in the United States.
Lowell Historical Society
Boott Cotton Mills Museum
115 John Street
Lowell, MA 01852
978-970-5180
http://ecommunity.uml.edu/lhs
Their mission is to collect, preserve and publish materials related to Lowell and to encourage and promote the study of the history of the city.
Lowell Historic Board
JFK Civic Center
50 Arcand Drive
Lowell, MA 01852
978-446-7200
http://www.historiclowell.net/
The Lowell Historic Board is the City of Lowell’s historic preservation agency. Central to the Board’s responsibilities is its design review, permitting, and enforcement authority in the Downtown Lowell Historic District and nine additional neighborhood districts. In addition to its design review and permitting activities, the Board also provides technical assistance regarding preservation and design citywide, maintains a comprehensive survey of over 2,500 historic resources in Lowell, and runs an active education and outreach program including newsletter, house marker program, and the annual Doors Open Lowell event.
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Lowell Heritage Partnership
PO Box 7162
Lowell, MA 01852
978-934-0030
The Lowell Heritage Partnership (LHP) is a coalition formed in 2000 to preserve and enhance Lowell's natural, built, and cultural heritage through community partnership. The LHP evolved from a discussion among grassroots activists begun at the historic Spalding House and was further developed in a public forum at Middlesex Community College. Recognizing the need for broad-based advocacy for quality of life issues that are rooted in Lowell's distinctive character and resources, leaders from several organizations and agencies have pledged to collaborate in pursuit of common objectives.
African Cultural Association, Inc.
PO Box 264
Lowell, MA 01853
http://www.africanfestivallowell.org/
The African Cultural Association, Inc. (ACA) is a 501(C)3 non-profit organization promoting support and understanding of African peoples and their various cultures. Borne out of the annual African Festival that has been held in Lowell since 2000, their goal is to bridge the gap between the African continent and the United States, The ACA promotes understanding and opportunity through economic, educational, and social empowerment.
Khmer Cultural Institute, Inc.
165 Jackson Street
Lowell, MA 01852
http://floweringcity.org/kci
The Khmer Culture Institute (KCI), is a Cambodian non-profit organization located in Lowell which is working to help refugees and immigrants assimilate into American society. KCI was founded in 1994 by a group of Cambodian public teachers and administrators in Lowell, Massachusetts which has the second largest Cambodian community in the U.S. The mission of KCI is to emphasize the value of public education within the Cambodian population in the United States and in Cambodia.
UMass Lowell’s Home Movie Archive
O'Leary Library-Media Services
61 Wilder Street
Lowell, MA 01854
http://library.uml.edu/homemovies
People have been recording scenes and events with hand-held cameras since the 1920s, leaving to posterity reels of "home movies" that offer a wealth of information about twentieth century American life. The Home Movie Archive at the University of Massachusetts Lowell was established to save these home movies for use by historians, artists, documentarians and others, allowing them to access this largely untapped resource for their work. The database can be searched at any time online and video footage may be viewed onsite by making arrangements with Media Services.
American Textile History Museum
491 Dutton Street
Lowell, Ma 01854
978-441-0400
http://www.athm.org/
The American Textile History Museum tells America’s story through the art, history, and science of our textiles. The museum was accredited by the American Association of Museums in 1972, one of the original 17 museums to be accredited in the country. Collections include Library, Textiles, Costume, Tools and Machinery, Textiles in America and Current Exhibitions.
Lowell National Historical Park
67 Kirk Street
Lowell, MA 01852
978-970-5000
http://www.nps.gov/lowe
The early story of America's Industrial Revolution is commemorated at Lowell National Historical Park in the midst of this lively city. The Park offers visitors an in-depth look into the past that brought the 19th century textile industry to tap the waterpower of the Merrimack River while also revealing cultural connections to the present and visions for the future.
National Streetcar Museum
25 Shattuck Street
Lowell, MA 01852
978-275-1821
http://www.trolleymuseum.org/lowell
From the late 19th century to today, transportation has shaped the physical development and social characteristics of America's urban environments. Focusing on the history of public transportation, this exhibit shows how private interests, public policy, and issues of personal freedom and mobility have affected, and continue to affect national, regional, and local land use patterns and community development. The National Streetcar Museum at Lowell, a satellite exhibit of the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine, presents this special exhibit to explore the history of urban rail transportation and how its rebirth is helping to revitalize American cities. This exhibit, contributed in a large part by the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., presents the history of public transit in Lowell within the context of the broader story of American transit history.
Center for Lowell History
Patrick J. Mogan Cultural Center
40 French Street
Lowell, Massachusetts 01852
978-934-4997
http://library.uml.edu/clh
The University of Massachusetts Lowell, Center for Lowell History was established in 1971 to assure the safekeeping, preservation, and availability for study and research of materials in unique subject areas, particularly those related to the Greater Lowell Area and the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Located downtown in the Patrick J. Mogan Cultural Center, the Center is committed to the design and implementation of historical, educational, and cultural programs that link the University and the community in developing an economically strong and multi-culturally rich region.
Doors Open Lowell
978-446-7200
http://www.doorsopenlowell.org/
Doors Open Lowell offers an insider’s look into the preservation of over thirty of Lowell’s magnificent historic buildings. It’s a free event held during National Preservation Month to celebrate Lowell’s architectural heritage and urban living and culture. Together these have made Lowell a creative and exciting place to live and work.
Tsongas Industrial History Center
Boott Cotton Mills Museum
115 John Street
Lowell, Massachusetts 01852
978-970-5080
http://www.uml.edu/tsongas
The Tsongas Center is a hands-on history center where students learn about the American Industrial Revolution through hands-on activities and by experiencing history where it happened. It is also a professional development provider, offering teachers exciting workshops and great primary-source-based teaching activities. Teachers can earn professional development points and, in some cases, graduate credit for their work at the Center.
Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust
http://www.lowelllandtrust.org/
Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH)
PO Box 8575
Lowell, MA 01853
http://www.lowellaoh.com
The Ancient Order of Hibernians in Lowell incorporated in 1858 as part of the oldest Irish Catholic fraternal organization in America also known as the A.O.H. Reorganized in 1980, Division 19 continually strives to promote the culture, beliefs, history and traditions of the Irish by promoting Irish cultural events, answering the charitable needs of the Lowell community as well as national charities. AOH Lowell is open to men 16 years and older who are practicing Roman Catholics of Irish birth or descent, and who are citizens of United States of America or who have declared their intentions to become citizens of the United States of America.
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