Chateau Fairmount

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The Lowell Directory, 1956

Creator
R. L. Polk & Co.
Date
1956
Type
book
Repository
Internet Archive (lowellma-directory-1956); a copy is in the house library
Locator
Cited pages: scan leaves 50, 276, 839, 949
Access
The title page and the pages cited on this site are reproduced here from the copy in the house library (owner’s ruling, October 28, 2026); the whole volume can be read at the Internet Archive. Read the source · Original at archive.org
Rights
Published 1956 by R. L. Polk & Co. with a copyright notice. No renewal was found in a quick check of the renewal records (October 28, 2026); city directories were generally not renewed. Reproduced under the owner’s ruling of October 28, 2026; it will be removed on request.

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The title page and the 4 pages this site cites (5 page images), cut from the scanned book. The Lowell Directory, 1956 (R. L. Polk & Co.). Internet Archive scan lowellma-directory-1956; copy in the house library. Published 1956 by R. L. Polk & Co. with a copyright notice. No renewal was found in a quick check of the renewal records (October 28, 2026); city directories were generally not renewed. Reproduced under the owner’s ruling of October 28, 2026; it will be removed on request. This copy is kept on this site so that it stays one click away.

  1. The Lowell Directory, 1956: Title pageTitle page
  2. The Lowell Directory, 1956: Leaf 50 of the scan. Cited in note C-162.Leaf 50 of the scan. Cited in note C-162.
  3. The Lowell Directory, 1956: Leaf 276 of the scan. Cited in note C-175.Leaf 276 of the scan. Cited in note C-175.
  4. The Lowell Directory, 1956: Leaf 839 of the scan (street section). Cited in note C-162.Leaf 839 of the scan (street section). Cited in note C-162.
  5. The Lowell Directory, 1956: Leaf 949 of the scan (street section). Cited in note C-140.Leaf 949 of the scan (street section). Cited in note C-140.

Statements this record supports

  • C-140 — John J. McGowan was the Lilleys' coachman and later chauffeur and lived with his family on the estate in two spans, about 1897-1906 and 1916-1931 (James Dunn was the coachman in 1910; C-395, C-406): the Lowell birth registers give his occupation as coachman at 236 Fairmount Street in June 1897 and June 1903; he was there in 1920 and 1921 (in 1916 and 1921 described as chauffeur), and in 1928 and 1931 he was the caretaker. The 1930 census lists the McGowans at 'rear 234 Fairmount'; the 1931 directory gives 'rear 236'. His mother, Mary (McHugh) McGowan, the 'widow' of the 1900 directory, came from Ireland in 1896 and died in Lowell on February 25, 1921.
  • C-162 — The last city directory before the Battles Home bought the house, that of 1956, lists seven households at 236 Fairmount Street, while the Battles Home for Aged Men is still listed at 93 Rolfe Street.
  • C-175 — The Herrons, who owned the house from 1951 to 1957, are not listed at it in the directories consulted, which give 'Herron Alex T (Agnes E) slsmn h 8 Mansfield rd' in 1950, 'Herron Alex T (Agnes E) h 8 Mansfield rd' in 1956, and 'Herron Alex T retd h8 Mansfield Rd' in 1975.

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