Off 124 Water St., Leominster, Massachusetts. County/parish: Worcester.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 23, 1988. NRIS 88000716.
21 contributing buildings. 3 contributing structures.
The F. A. Whitney Carriage Company Complex Historic District encompasses a major 19th-century industrial complex off 124 Water Street in Leominster, Massachusetts. The complex is one of the best-preserved in the city, and was developed by one of its most successful businesses of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The F. A. Whitney Company, founded in 1858, manufactured baby carriages and related products, and operated here from 1862 to 1952, and was one of the city's major employers. The oldest surviving buildings of its manufacturing complex date to 1872. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Most of the complex has been converted into residential use.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63797552