Henry Wilson Shoe Shop

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Natick, Massachusetts
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caption = Henry Wilson Shoe Shop, ca. 1937
location= 181 West Central Street, Route 135

Natick, Massachusetts
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built =1850s
added = July 24, 2000
governing_body = Town of Natick
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refnum=00000955 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Henry Wilson Shoe Shop is an historic ten footer building located at 181 West Central Street, Route 135 in Natick, Massachusetts, in the United States. Built in the 1850s, it was the shoe shop of Henry Wilson, a Senator from Massachusetts and the eighteenth Vice President of the United States. On July 24, 2000, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

National Register Listing

*Wilson, Henry, Shoe Shop (added 2000 - Building - #00000955)
*181 W. Central St., Natick
*Historic Significance: Event
*Area of Significance: Conservation, Industry
*Period of Significance: 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, *1925-1949, 1950-1974
*Owner: Local Gov't
*Historic Function: Industry/Processing/Extraction
*Historic Sub-function: Manufacturing Facility
*Current Function: Recreation And Culture
*Current Sub-function: Museum

Ten footer

A ten footer was a small backyard shop structure built in the 18th and 19th centuries in New England to serve as a shoemaker's shop. The name came from the fact that it was usually convert|10|ft|m by convert|10|ft|m in area. The ten footers were forerunners of the large shoe factories that developed in New England later in the 19th century. [Hunter, Ethel A., "The Ten-Footers of New England" in Parks, Roger, editor, "The New England Galaxy: The best of 20 years from Old Sturbridge Village", Chester Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press, 1980, pp. 134-139, ISBN 0-87106-040-X]

ee also

* List of Registered Historic Places in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Resource

* Hunter, Ethel A., "The Ten-Footers of New England" in Parks, Roger, editor, "The New England Galaxy: The best of 20 years from Old Sturbridge Village", Chester Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press, 1980, pp. 134-139, ISBN 0-87106-040-X

References

External links

* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/MA/Middlesex/state27.html National register listings for Middlesex County]
* [http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-239-379--11717-0,00.html Boston Marathon mile 8.5]
* [http://www.millermicro.com/NatickWalk.html#app1 Natick Walking Tour listing]
* [http://users.rcn.com/nathissoc/timeline/wilson.html Natick Historical Society page]
* [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?pp/hh:@field(TITLE+@od1(Henry+Wilson+Shoe+Shop,+West+Central+++Mill+Streets,+Natick,+Middlesex+County,+MA)) Library of Congress Historic American Buildings resources]