Historic Structures Report, History Portion: Boott Mill Complex – Building 6, The Counting House, The Adjacent Courtyard, and the Facades of Buildings 1 and 2
Historic Structures Report, History Portion: Boott Mill Complex – Building 6, The Counting House, The Adjacent Courtyard, and the Facades of Buildings 1 and 2. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center. Denver, Colorado
This Historic Structures Report [HSR] has been prepared by Laurence Gross and Russell Wright in conjunction with Earl R. Flansburgh and Associates, Inc. While the several participants have worked closely together, the sections dealing with Occupation and Use, by Gross, and Structures, by Wright, stand separately within the body of the HSR. In the course of discussion over the approach to be taken in this HSR, agreement was reached that it would be very site-specific, avoiding the large body of information on the cotton textile industry and Lowell in general. Furthermore, inclusion of interpretive information on the use and occupation of the site, including such things as wages and labor-management relations, was mutually agreed to by all parties. The report follows a set chronological organization which divides the history at 1870, 1904, and 1930. The period to 1870 saw the establishment of powered textile production in this country, the founding of Lowell, and the incorporation of the Boott Cotton Mills. The company erected its first buildings and began operations. This period, called by some the "Golden Age" of Lowell's history, has received by far the most study of any part of that city's history. In fact, the general perception of the city in the history of the United States relates to the events of this time. For some of the corporations rich records survive from these early days, but such is not the case for the Boott.
- Type
- Published Report
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center
- Units
- LOWE , NER
- Keywords
- adaptive use, boott cotton mills, history, labor, labor conflict, structural development
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 040587: Boott Mill Counting House