Hoosac Stores

  • Also Known As: Hoosac Stores 1 and 2, Hoosac Stores 3

  • Address: 115 Constitution Rd (Water St)
  • Vicinity: Charlestown Navy Shipyard
  • Neighborhood of Charlestown in Boston
  • Travel Genus: Sight , Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District
  • Lost Category: Lost Building

The brick 'Hoosac Stores 1 & 2' survives but the 4 story 'Stores 3' brick warehouse at 25 Water St (now Constitution Rd) was demolished in 2000 due to dangerous conditions. - AsNotedIn

Hoosac Stores 1 and 2

Six-story brick warehouse built in 1895 by the Fitchburg Railroad and used for storage until 1964. The structure has an odd trapezoidal footprint. It is 65 feet tall with red brick exterior walls that begin 24 inches thick but tapper towards the top. The interior construction includes heavy timber beams and cast iron post. - AsNotedIn

Hoosac Stores 3

Built in 1875 for the Cunningham Iron Works, and converted to Hoosac Stores 3 in 1897, this is a four-story plus basement warehouse structure in the classically inspired panelled brick style popular for industrial buildings during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is 60 by 80 feet, and 61 feet high from the sidewalk. The exterior brick walls are twenty inches thick. - NPS NRHP Nomination form


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1875/00/00 Fitchburg Railroad Architect Hoosac Store 3 Built
1895/00/00 Fitchburg Railroad Architect Hoosac Stores 1 and 2 Built
2000/00/00 Hoosac Stores 3 Demolished

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Particulars for Hoosac Stores:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Commerce
Area of Significance Economics
Owner Federal
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Historic Use Manufacturing facility
Owner Private
Area of Significance Railroad
Area of Significance Transportation
Building Type Warehouse



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 85002339
Resource Type:
Owner: Private, Federal
Architect: Fitchburg Railroad
Architectural Style: No style listed
Nominator Name: National Historical Park
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Commerce, Economics, Transportation, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1875-1899
Significant Year: 1875, 1895
Historic Function: Transportation, Industry, processing, extraction, Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Rail-related, Manufacturing facility, Warehouse
Current Function: Vacant, not in use
Current Sub-Function:

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