Roughly bounded by Merrimack, Park, Andover, Oak, Harrison, and Willow Sts., Lowell, Massachusetts. County/parish: Middlesex.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 11, 1982. NRIS 82001995.
63 contributing buildings.
The Washington Square Historic District of Lowell, Massachusetts encompasses a historic subdivision laid out in 1832. The focal point of the subdivision is Kittridge Park, which lies on the eastern side of the district and was an original part of the subdivision plan developed by the Nesmith Brothers. It was the first significant residential subdivision in the city aimed at a wealthier clientele, and was designed by landscape architect Alexander Wadsworth. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and expanded slightly in 1999.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795840