Henry Wilson Shoe Shop
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Natick, Massachusetts
Natick is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Natick is located near the center of the MetroWest region of Massachusetts, with a population of 33,006 at the 2010 census. Only west from Boston, Natick is considered part of the Greater Boston area...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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, in the United States
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. Built in the 1850s, it was the shoe shop of Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson was the 18th Vice President of the United States and a Senator from Massachusetts...
, a Senator
United States Senate
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from Massachusetts
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and the eighteenth Vice President of the United States
Vice President of the United States
The Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office created by the United States Constitution. The Vice President, together with the President of the United States, is indirectly elected by the people, through the Electoral College, to a four-year term...
. On July 24, 2000, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
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.
National Register Listing
- Wilson, Henry, Shoe Shop (added 2000 - Building - #00000955)
- 181 W. Central St., Natick
- Historic Significance: Event
- Area of Significance: Conservation, Industry
- Period of Significance: 1800-1824, 1825–1849, 1850–1874, 1875–1899, 1900–1924, *1925-1949, 1950–1974
- Owner: Local Gov't
- Historic Function: Industry/Processing/Extraction
- Historic Sub-function: Manufacturing Facility
- Current Function: Recreation And Culture
- Current Sub-function: Museum
Ten footer
A ten footer was a small backyard shop structure built in the 18th and 19th centuries in New EnglandNew England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
to serve as a shoemaker's shop. The name came from the fact that it was usually 10 feet (3 m) by 10 feet (3 m) in area. The ten footers were forerunners of the large shoe factories that developed in New England later in the 19th century.
Resource
- Hunter, Ethel A., The Ten-Footers of New England in Parks, Roger, editor, The New England Galaxy: The best of 20 years from Old Sturbridge Village, Chester Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press, 1980, pp. 134–139, ISBN 0-87106-040-X
External links
- National register listings for Middlesex County
- http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-239-379--11717-0,00.htmlBoston MarathonBoston MarathonThe Boston Marathon is an annual marathon hosted by the U.S. city of Boston, Massachusetts, on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897 and inspired by the success of the first modern-day marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics, the Boston Marathon is the world's oldest...
mile 8.5] - Natick Walking Tour listing
- Natick Historical Society page
- Library of Congress Historic American Buildings resources