“There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children, she didn't know what to do.” Or, that is what Mother Goose and “The Dorling Kindersley Book of Nursery Rhymes” says. Margaret Martin had a lot of kids — six to be exact. She, however, did not live in a shoe. She lived at 14 Cottage St. According to a Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information … [Read more...] about Historic Building of the Week: 14 Cottage St.
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Historic Building of the Week: 48 Hawkes St.
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.