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Revlon founder Charles Revson, of Russian-Jewish extraction, grew up in a cold-water tenement in Manchester's Little Canada. Other prominent Little Canadas were found in Lowell, Massachusetts, the home of novelist Jack Kerouac, and Lewiston, Maine. [4] Another notable Franco-American community sprang up in Fall River in southeastern ...
The South Common Historic District of Lowell, Massachusetts, encompasses the city's South Common and the various public, religious, and private residential buildings that flank its borders. The South Common, about 22.5 acres (9.1 ha) in size, was purchased by the city in 1845 in an auction by the Proprietors of Locks and Canals , who owned much ...
February 2, 1995 (812 Gorham St. 8: Chelmsford Glass Works' Long House: Chelmsford Glass Works' Long House: January 25, 1973 (139–141 Baldwin St. 9: City Hall Historic District
Lowell National Historical Park is a National Historical Park of the United States located in Lowell, Massachusetts. Established in 1978 a few years after Lowell Heritage State Park , it is operated by the National Park Service and comprises a group of different sites in and around the city of Lowell related to the era of textile manufacturing ...
The Lowell Historic Preservation District is a historic district created by the legislation establishing Lowell National Historic Park. The district encompasses an area of more than 500 acres (200 ha), including virtually all of the historically significant resources associated with the industrial history of the city of Lowell, Massachusetts .
The Belvidere Hill Historic District encompasses a residential area on the east side of Lowell, Massachusetts known for its fine 19th-century houses. The area, roughly bounded by Wyman, Belmont, Fairview, and Nesmith Streets, was developed beginning in the 1850s, and was one of the finest neighborhoods in the city, home to many of its business and civic leaders.
Lowell (/ ˈ l oʊ ə l /) is a city in Massachusetts, United States.Alongside Cambridge, it is one of two traditional seats of Middlesex County.With an estimated population of 115,554 in 2020, [3] it was the fifth most populous city in Massachusetts as of the last census, and the third most populous in the Boston metropolitan statistical area. [4]