Henry C. Nevins Home for Aged and Incurables

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location= 110 Broadway, Methuen, Massachusetts
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 43
lat_seconds = 16
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71
long_minutes = 10
long_seconds = 58
long_direction = W
locmapin = Massachusetts
area =
built =1906
architect= Unknown
architecture= Colonial
added = January 20, 1984
governing_body = Private
mpsub=Methuen MRA
refnum=84002406cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Henry C. Nevins Home for Aged and Incurables was built in 1906 at 110 Broadway, Methuen, Massachusetts. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Nevins Memorial Library, located at 305 Broadway and built by for Henry C. Nevins and his family as a memorial to his father, David C. Nevins, Sr. Both buildings were listed on the National Register on the same day.

Notes

According to a 4 August 2008 communication from Sharon Morley, Reference Librarian at Nevins Memorial Library:

David Nevins Sr. was born in Salem NH on December 12, 1839 To John and Achsah Swan Nevins. When he reached 21, he moved to New Bedford and sold supplies to the crews of the whaling vessels. In 1818, Nevins married Eliza Coffin. She was the daughter wealthy ship merchant Jared Coffin of Nantucket.Nevins later went in to business importing cloth. In 1842, protective taxes began hurting the textile importing business, so Nevins switched to manufacturing textiles instead. In 1859, he purchased the ill-fated Pemberton Mill, and in 1864, he purchased the Methuen Cotton Company on the Spicket River.Mr. & Mrs. David Nevins Sr. and their two sons returned to the Methuen area in the early to mid 1860's. David Sr. Died in 1881 at the age of 72. His wife and sons had the Nevins Memorial Library built as a memorial to him.David Nevin's sons, David Jr. and Henry Coffin Nevins took over the manufacturing businesses when their father Died.David Jr. born JULY 30, 1839 ran the textile mills which by that time included India Bagging Company and Bengal Bagging Company in Salem, MA.Henry c. born on January 10, 1843 became the agent of the family's textile brokerage firm called Nevins and Company.Not only did the company sell the cloth from the Nevins' family mills, but by this time it was importing textiles from abroad. David Jr. Died in 1898 and Henry in 1892.

David Nevins Sr. born-Dec.12, 1809-died-March 19, 1881Eliza Coffin Nevins born June 1, 1817 - died Dec. 30, 1895David Nevins Jr. Born Jul 30, 1839 - Died Aug 24, 1898Henry Coffin Nevins Born Jan. 10, 1843-Died June 25, 1892

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