Cook, Olney Artisan Shop - Mendon MA - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Built in the early 19th century, it is a rare surviving example of an industrial structure built for use in small-scale cottage industry from that period. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. It is now owned by the town.

What is now Hartford Avenue East was historically the main road connecting Mendon village with towns to the east. The area where this shop stands belonged to members of the Cook family, descends of Walter Cook, one of the town's early settlers. This modest industrial shop was built sometime before 1839, when it is mentioned in a deed transferring the land from Ariel Cook to his son Olney. Members of the Cook family are known to have engaged in the shoemaking trade in the early 19th century, and Olney Cook is listed in some records as a painter. Modest industrial shops of this scale and state of preservation are particularly rare today, despite the fact that they were fairly numerous in the years prior to the erection of large-scale industrial facilities

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Street address: 54 Hartford Ave East Mendon, MA County / Borough / Parish: Worcester Year listed: 2019 Historic (Areas of) Significance: INDUSTRY / ARCHITECTURE_ Periods of significance: 1839–1922 Historic function: COMMERCE Current function: RECREATION AND CULTURE Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Secondary Website 2: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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