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Item Title
17-19 Market Street (Houses), Somersworth, Strafford County, NH
Location
Somersworth, NH
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS NH-123
Building/structure dates:
1823 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1984 demolished
Significance: This structure is one of a group of three remaining two family tenements constructed for Mill Management by the Great Falls Manufacturing company. It is part of an overall plan for a factory community. The Great Falls Manufacturing Company constructed Mills, Canals, Roads, Buildings for support industries, worker housing, commercial blocks, and set aside land for churches, schools, and other community uses. Secondly, it has architectural Significance: unlike the two other companion buildings, it was never modernized. Left intact are the two central chimney stacks, fireplaces, doors, moldings, casings, etc. Thirdly, it is part of an historic streetscape, i.e., the west side of Market Street.
Subjects
Building DeteriorationTenement HousesDomestic Life
Related Names
Great Falls Manufacturing Company
Gould, Ernest, Photographer
McLetchie, Magnus, Historian
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. SOUTH SIDE AND EAST FRONT
2. EAST FRONT AND NORTH SIDE
3. VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST
4. VIEW FROM NORTHWEST
5. SECOND FLOOR, SOUTHEAST CORNER ROOM, LOOKING WEST
6. FIRST FLOOR, SOUTHEAST CORNER ROOM, DETAIL OF SOUTHEAST CORNER
7. FIRSTS FLOOR, SOUTHEAST CORNER ROOM, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
8. SECOND FLOOR, SOUTHWEST CORNER ROOM, LOOKING NORTHEAST
9. FRIST FLOOR, NORTHEAST CORNER ROOM, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
10. FIRST FLOOR, NORTH UNIT, CENTER ROOM, LOOKING EAST
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