Contributions of the Old Residents’ Historical Association, Lowell, Mass., vol. 4

Creator: Old Residents’ Historical Association of Lowell
Date: 1891
Type: book
Repository: Internet Archive (contributionsofov4oldr); a copy is in the house library
Locator: Cited pages: scan leaves 362, 363, 364
Access: Public domain. The title page and the pages cited on this site are reproduced here from the copy in the house library; the whole volume can be read at the Internet Archive. Read the source · Original at archive.org
Rights: Public domain (published 1891).

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Title page
p. 355 (leaf 362 of the scan). Cited in notes C-226, C-227, C-228 and C-229.
p. 356 (leaf 363 of the scan). Cited in note C-230.
p. 357 (leaf 364 of the scan). Cited in notes C-223, C-224 and C-225.

Statements this record supports

C-223 — In 1891 James S. Russell described 172 Nesmith Street as 'the residence of ex-Mayor George F. Richardson. The house was built by ex-Mayor Stephen Mansur. It has been enlarged and modernized, and well becomes its commanding position.'
C-224 — The house at 194 Nesmith Street 'was built by Mr. Samuel C. Pratt, the first principal of the Green School', and was later owned by John Mixer, father-in-law of ex-Mayor Abbott, who sold it to Addison Putnam (Russell, 1891). The 1853 directory lists 'Pratt Samuel C. Rev. house Nesmith, near Wyman'.
C-225 — At 216 Nesmith Street 'Mr. John Avery commenced building the next house, but sold out to Mr. William A. Burke. He completed and occupied the elegant establishment. His son, E. N. Burke, now occupies the premises' (Russell, 1891). The 1870 directory has Burke, treasurer of the Suffolk and Tremont corporations, at 'house Nesmith, beyond Mansur'.
C-226 — In February 1891 William S. Lamson's house at the corner of Sherman Street was going up: 'The next house is on the corner of Sherman Street, not yet finished; Mr. Lamson, of the Store Service Consolidation, is building a palace there' (Russell). In 1886 Lamson, treasurer of the Lamson Store Service Company, lived at 331 Westford Street.
C-227 — Russell (1891) describes 227 Nesmith Street as 'a cosy house built and occupied by the widow of the late William A. Burke'; the 1894 directory lists 'Elizabeth D. widow of William A. house 227 Nesmith'.
C-228 — Ex-Mayor Charles A. Stott 'owns and occupies' the house on the corner of Porter Street (Russell, 1891); in 1875-76 he was agent of the Belvidere Woolen Manufacturing Company at old No. 119 Nesmith Street, and in 1906 he is still listed at 173 Nesmith, as treasurer of the company, with Charles W. Stott, its superintendent, boarding there.
C-229 — On the other corner of Porter Street stood 'the house built by Mr. Samuel K. Hutchinson, and now belonging to Mr. Charles C. Hutchinson' (Russell, 1891). Samuel K. Hutchinson was a builder, listed in 1875–76 at old No. 127 Nesmith Street; Charles C. Hutchinson, treasurer of the Mechanics' Savings Bank, is at 187 Nesmith in 1894 and 1900, and Franklin F. Nourse in 1916.
C-230 — Thomas Costello, plumber, built and occupied 'the last house on the west side' of Nesmith Street (Russell, 1891), but the directories of 1900 and 1906 place the Costello home at 293 Nesmith Street, not 201.