Not everything comes together at once. As the cliché goes, you have to take it one step at a time. This applies to buildings too. According to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System, the Hawkes-Blaney Shoe Shop/House, or “Ye Oldest Shoe Factory,” as a plaque states, at 48 Hawkes St. was not built all at once. But when it was is another question. According … [Read more...] about Historic Building of the Week: 48 Hawkes St.