Draper Company Worker Housing - Boarding House 10 Main St - Mendon Center Historic District - Mendon MA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member nomadwillie
N 42° 06.391 W 071° 33.138
19T E 288970 N 4664754
Built in ca. 1900-1915., it was a boarding home for employees of the Draper Company in Hopedale, MA
Waymark Code: WMGWZ9
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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#10 Main Street is a rare example of multi-family housing in Mendon. Particularly noteworthy is its long, elongated, boxy form with octagonal bays at either end of the main facade. This house possesses a Georgian form. This house rises 2 1/2 stories from a brick basement to an asbestos shingle covered gable roof with return eaves.

#10 Main Street is hisotrically significant as an early 20th c. boarding house which may have housed employees of the Draper Company manufacturers of woolen machinery in Hopedale. It was built in ca. 1900-1915.
Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Mendon Center Historic District

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10 Main St

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