Boston Manufacturing Company Housing
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Waltham, Massachusetts
Boston Manufacturing Company Housing | |
 380–410 River St., 2010 photo | |
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| Location | 153–165 and 380–410 River St., Waltham, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°22′25″N 71°13′55″W / 42.37361°N 71.23194°W |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| MPS | Waltham MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001534, 89001535[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 28, 1989 |
Boston Manufacturing Company Housing are historic residential housing blocks at 380–410 and 153–165 River Street in Waltham, Massachusetts. The housing was for the Boston Manufacturing Company (BMC), the earliest modern manufacturing facility in the United States.[2] The housing was built in the nineteenth century and the two blocks of buildings were separately added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
These two buildings are located on the north side of River Street, between School Avenue and Willow Street a short way east of Waltham center. Both are 2+1⁄2-story brick buildings with mansard roofs providing a full third floor. They have symmetrical four-bay facades, with a pair of entrances in the center bays. Doors and windows are set in segmented-arch openings with brickwork hoods. The building at 163–165 retains the original slate of its mansard roof. These two buildings were built by the company in about 1870, probably for upper-level employees, and are a contrast to the wood-frame worker housing (now heavily altered) that stands behind them.[3]
