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Hopkinton Supply Company Building, 26-28 Main Street (corner of Wolcott Street), Hopkinton, Middlesex County, MA
Location26-28 Main Street (corner of Wolcott Street),
Hopkinton, MA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS MA-1227
Building/structure dates:
1906 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1982 subsequent work
Significance: Example of "mail order" commercial architecture and the changing building technology of the late 19th & early 20th centuries; exemplifying turn-of-the-century manufacturing capabilities in modular construction, standardization of design elements, imitation building materials and centralized manufacture, sales & distribution. The building is one of the few intact remaining examples of mail order commercial storefronts manufactured by the George Mesker Co. of Evansville, Indiana.
Related Names
George Mesker Manufacturing Company
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. PERSPECTIVE VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST
2. VIEW OF SOUTH (FRONT) ELEVATION
3. VIEW OF SOUTH (FRONT) ELEVATION, WITH SCALE
4. VIEW OF SOUTH (FRONT) ELEVATION, FROM SOUTHWEST
5. VIEW OF WEST SIDE ELEVATION, FROM SOUTHWEST
6. DETAIL VIEW OF NAME PLATE ON PRESSED METAL PILASTER
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