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	Androscoggin Mill Block
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Androscoggin Mill Block
Location	Lewiston, Maine
Coordinates	44°5′27″N 70°12′49″W / 44.09083°N 70.21361°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1866
Architect	Thorne, Thomas Dresser
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No.	01000367
Added to NRHP	April 12, 2001

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The Androscoggin Mill Block is an historic tenement house at 269-271 Park Street in Lewiston, Maine, United States. The two-story brick building was one of several built in 1866 by the Androscoggin Mill Company to provide housing for workers with families, and is one of only three such 19th-century buildings to survive in the city. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.^[1]

Description and history

The Androscoggin Mill Block is set at the southern edge of Lewiston's downtown area, and about two blocks east of the canal from which the city's 19th-century mills drew their power. It is one of three nearly-identical buildings on the west side of Park Street, north of its junction with Maple Street. It is a two-story brick building, with a low hip roof and a granite foundation. Its main facade is four bays wide, and is symmetrically arranged, with two doorways in the center bays on the first floor, and sash windows in the other bays. The windows have granite lintels and sills, and the cornice is studded with Italianate brackets. The sides of the building have six bays of windows on each level. The interior of the building as built housed four units, two on each floor. Much of the original woodwork from the building's construction has been preserved, despite a variety of uses and the addition of indoor plumbing to the building.^[2]

Due to rapid growth beginning in the 1850s, all of the major operators of mills in Lewiston began to build housing for their workers. Most of these facilities were little more than boarding houses, with single rooms and communal dining rooms. Of 44 known to have been built between 1852 and 1866, only five were found to be still standing by a c. 2000 survey. Two of those, built by the Continental Mill Company, were boarding houses that have since been converted to more conventional residential use. This building is one of the three surviving buildings built specifically to house worker families. They were built for the Androscoggin Mill Company by a prolific local master builder, Thomas Dresser Thorne. This building was sold by the company into private hands, and was owned by the city at the time of its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ ^a ^b "NRHP nomination for Androscoggin Mill Block". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-03-26.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for Androscoggin Mill Block". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-03-26.

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-'''Androscoggin Mill Block''' is an historic block at 269-271 Park Street in [[Lewiston, Maine]].
+The '''Androscoggin Mill Block''' is an historic tenement house at 269-271 Park Street in [[Lewiston, Maine]], [[United States]].  The two-story brick building was one of several built in 1866 by the Androscoggin Mill Company to provide housing for workers with families, and is one of only three such 19th-century buildings to survive in the city.  The building was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2001.<ref name="nris"/>
+==Description and history==
+The Androscoggin Mill Block is set at the southern edge of Lewiston's downtown area, and about two blocks east of the canal from which the city's 19th-century mills drew their power.  It is one of three nearly-identical buildings on the west side of Park Street, north of its junction with Maple Street.  It is a two-story brick building, with a low hip roof and a [[granite]] foundation.  Its main facade is four bays wide, and is symmetrically arranged, with two doorways in the center bays on the first floor, and sash windows in the other bays.  The windows have granite lintels and sills, and the cornice is studded with [[Italianate]] brackets.  The sides of the building have six bays of windows on each level.  The interior of the building as built housed four units, two on each floor.  Much of the original [[woodwork]] from the building's construction has been preserved, despite a variety of uses and the addition of indoor plumbing to the building.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=01000367}}|title=NRHP nomination for Androscoggin Mill Block|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2015-03-26}}</ref>
+Due to rapid growth beginning in the 1850s, all of the major operators of mills in Lewiston began to build housing for their workers.  Most of these facilities were little more than [[boarding house]]s, with single rooms and communal dining rooms.  Of 44 known to have been built between 1852 and 1866, only five were found to be still standing by a c. 2000 survey.  Two of those, built by the Continental Mill Company, were boarding houses that have since been converted to more conventional residential use.  This building is one of the three surviving buildings built specifically to house worker families.  They were built for the Androscoggin Mill Company by a prolific local master builder, Thomas Dresser Thorne.  This building was sold by the company into private hands, and was owned by the city at the time of its listing on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2001.<ref name=NRHP/>
+==See also==
-The block was built in 1866 and added to the National Historic Register in 2001.
+*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Androscoggin County, Maine]]
 ==References==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
-{{Registered Historic Places}}
+{{National Register of Historic Places}}
-[[Category:Registered Historic Places in Maine]]
+[[Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine]]
-[[Category:Lewiston, Maine]]
+[[Category:Houses in Lewiston, Maine]]
+[[Category:Houses completed in 1866]]
-{{Maine-NRHP-stub}}
+[[Category:Apartment buildings in Maine]]
+[[Category:1866 establishments in Maine]]
+[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Lewiston, Maine]]
+[[Category:Greek Revival architecture in Maine]]
+[[Category:Italianate architecture in Maine]]

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