F74 1 9 V6 A ■^C, :1 '. 0,^ -5- ,^^% j» ^■i-i- .p. ■> -tO^^ '^- ^'>^ O /. -I----' • I /-■^c-^,., '/-^e. vV t » ~ ■■ ♦ '^- (1, <■ O 0^ .^•^ -nt t-i-^ ..-i' •Pi. V' % '1, = If, V ,\i -% ^ LOWELL .^;%if^^-- _^ HE CITY OF LOWELL owes its leading position among the manufacturing cities of ^^'^' New England to the enormous water power which has been developed here from the Merrimack, a river, by the way, which turns more wheels than any stream of its class in the world. The Pawtucket Falls, the source of power at this point, was a favorite fishing place for the Indians in the past, and we must go back many centuries to find a time when the human voice was not heard in this vicinity. The town was established in 1826, and the name Lowell given in honor of a gentle- ~J "i~ man in Newburyport who introduced cotton manufacture into the United States. The population of the City now exceeds 100,000, a very large percentage of whom are employed in the several hundred factory buildings within the limits of the municipality. The chief industry is the manufacture of cotton goods, but there is also an enormous production of woolens, carpetings, hosiery, patent medicines, etc. LOWELL has many fine public buildings, excellent stores, unsurpassed educational institutions, and is in every way a community of metropolitan rank. The City is well known as having been the home of Benjamin F. Butler, a figure of national renown in law and politics and a general in the Civil War. A beautiful monument was erected June 18, 1904, to the memory of Butler. The first photograph of this ever taken is reproduced herein. The memorial is a simple, but artistic, example of bas relief. LOWELL is noted for elaborate pri\'ate residences, and is unusually well supplied with parks and beaiuy spots along the Merrimack River. Published exclusively for S. H. KNOX & CO., LOWELL, MASS. Copyright 1904 by L, H. NELSON COMPANY, Portland. Maine NEW COURT HOUSE Built of a soft white stone brought from the West. Lowell is one of two shire towns in Middlesex County and sessions of several courts are held in this buildine ARMORY. WESTFORD STREET, CORNER OF GRAND STREET The military home of two companies of the Sixth Infantry and one of the Ninth. Built by the State in 1890 but maintained by the City. LOWELL JAIL, OVERLOOKING THE SOUTH COMMON A county institution, for many years the official home of the sheriff of Middlesex County CITY HALL Dedicated Oct. 14. 1903. It is a granite building finished intoak and;co5t $382,300 POST OFFICE Voted by CoiiEress in 1890, through the efforts of Hon. Charles H. Allen BOARD OF ALDERMEN'S CHAMBER COMMON COUNCIL CHAMBER MEMORIAL BLOCK PUBLIC LIBRARY Dedicated by the city in 1893 as a memorial to the soldiers and sailors of Lowell who lost their lives Public Library, a Memorial Hall and quarters for the G. A. R. and other patriotic orders in the Civil 'War. Cost $l74.3U0 and contains the PERIODICAL ROOM, CITY LIBRARY FLETCHER STREET FIRE STATION CENTRAL FIRE STATION, PALMER STREET The apparatus of the Lowell Fire Department is of the most modern type, and the record of its force in severe fires is a creditable one ^^m^^sm^' r.i' MIDDLESEX STREET STATION The principal railroad station of Lowell on the direct route from Boston to the Mountains and Montreal HUNTINGTON HALL AND MERRIMACK STREET STATION Huntington Hall, owned by the City, has long been used for political gatherings and mass meetings LABORATORY OK C I HOOD & COMPANY, THORNDIKE STREET HILDRETH BUILDING. MERRIMACK STREET AT HEAD OF CENTRAL STREET One of the lurK^st downtown blocks - on the site of the old Post Ottice. One half of it is occupied by S- H. Knox & Company with one of their 56 stores OLD B. & M. DEPOT, Central Street Now occupied by the Lowell branch of the Nr England Telephone and Telegraph Co. LLliCTRIC LIGHT PLANT A private enterprise which furnishes the city with electric power PUMPING STATION, LOWELL WATER WORKS \Vest 6th Street. Draws water from artesian \vells three miles awav and forces It to reservoirs on Chris- tian Hill CENTRAL BLOCK. CENTRAL STREET One of the principal blocks, containine the offices of many of Lowell's professional men STIRLING AND BAY STATE WOOLEN MILLS. CONCORD RIVER :l:illlll|lll[[[[[[[[[[[[f[[[[f[|{ '■'""'■«lflf!(fMfff|f[[[ a3(VB^*««W«Ba«H^te ' • Y1Si■^^ ^ LAWRENCE, BOOTT AND MERRIMACK MILLS Three great cotton goods manufactories extend along the bank of the Merrimack for half a mile and, in the busy season, employ more than 7.000 operatives ir CENTRAL BRIDGE AND MASSACHUSETTS MILLS This bridge is one of the three steel bridges which span the Merrimack within the city limits. The Massachusetts Mills make a great variety of cotton goods and have the uninuc distinction of numbering among their regular customers Australian imrorting houses, Chinese villages. South American Merchants and African Chiefs SIX CIRCLE BRIDGE Spannine the Concord River. Near this bridge two powder magazines exploded in 1903, wrecking the settlement at Riverside Park and causing a heavy loss of life. The bridge was not injured CASTO THEATRE Once the 2nd Universalist Church. The Shattuck Street Universalist Church which formerly occupied this buildine now worships in Grace Universalist Church A GLIMPSE OF MERRIMACK STREET THE NEW AMERICAN HOTEL BUILDING A remodelled form of the old American House which played a noteworthy part in the early history of Lowell •5: LOWELL TEXTILE SCHOOL On the Pawtucketville side of the Merrimack River. A co-cducational school of instruction in all branches of textile indvistry. established by the State and enriched by private gifts until it is the finest institvition of its kind in the United States STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BROADWAY AND WILDER STREETS A State buildine constructed of light brick and containing liberal facilities for training teachers for the public schools \V\/ \\K i; J Wfe^ir., •xM H^.W/^ wK^L ^^^ '^^^^^^^^^%J' Vi / W - J-'^r yy\ jHjj^SH^Bt^ \rf^Hk^^^D^ ^m^flx^l^ H ^^'f if? m \ ^/ Jrl^m ^^1^^^ b,|Up<'K:.,\x^ "\> .-^tfl 4fi II M'™ '9^'W/^^^^\ 1 ^^f^f^&f' ' ^'>w\/^ 1 u 1 ^ <| n Vmi /Ljl^tW^^^TAJ ,llhi riiTiii'BPB f-^' SL| tf'^ HEiiiiPl -1 1 — n ^^4i ~ ' "^m 1 1 ^ ■ ■! ■ ^1 d 1 J li¥-^H iiiiiiiiiiiiiii^ iiiiiiiiiiiiiii' ifilihViiii'iii tilliiltllll gSSi^^ 3HlieHuii' Him ill 'liii <^^ " ' "; " - ■ LOWELL HIGH S::H00L. KIRK AND ANNE STREETS Built of liKht brick with granite trimmines. The total enrollment is nearly 1,UU0 pupils ROGERS HALL SCHOOL. FACING FORT HILL PARK Occupies the old Roger's Homestead \vhich was remodelled when the school was established. It is a htting school for all the leading women's colleses ST. JOHN HOSPITAL A Catholic institution which ministers to all races and creeds Y. M. C. A. BUILDING. HURD STREET Originallv a private residence which \vas purchased and enlarged by the Y. M. C. A. ST. JEAN BAPTISTE CHURCH, FRENCH. MERRIMACK STREET A handsome uranitc structure, built throuijh the eBorts of the late Rev. Father Garin. Its parish includes most of the section known as Little Canada CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. EAST MERRIMACK STREET A massive stone structure, with a seating capacity of 2,000. built 1871-7 and dedicated in June of the latter year ANNE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH The first church built in Lowell and a noteworthy example of old English architecture. For nearly sixty years its pastor was the Rev. Theodore Edson, D. D. Built in Highlands HIGHLAND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 1884 in the heart of the residential district known GRACE CHURCH. UNIVERSALIST Corner Princeton and South Canton Streets. Built of brick in a unique style of architecture, a combination of mosque and modern house of worship ST. PETERS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Gorham Street, opposite the County Court House. Built of granite and dedicated in 1903. its interior decorations make it the most mag- nificent church in Lowell SACRED HEART CHURCH. ROMAN CATHOLIC. MOORE STREET A brick edifice which is the house of worship of an active parish organized by the Oblate Fathers in 1884 SIRKS BLOCK. BRIDGE STREET. LOWELLS LARGEST APARTMENT HOUSE Several brick corporation boarding houses were remodelled and combined to make this immense buildint^ ANDOVER STREET Showing the Hoyt Mansion, residence of the late E- W. Hoyt RESIDENCE OF H. L TIBBETTS Mansur Street RESIDENCE OF A, G POLLARD, Mansur Street RESIDENCE OF F. FIFIELD. EX-MAYOR RESIDENCE OF J. L. CHALIFOUX, Wilder Street RESIDENCE OF W A INGHAM HIGHLAND CLUB. PRINCETON STREET A social club composed of rcsiJciits of the HiKlilands. The club house is handsomely fitted up and contains a little ihealre for amateur productions BOAT HOUSE. VESPER COUNTRY CLUB YORICK CLUB. DUTTON STREET The club house contains livine quarters (or members whose families are out of the city and is luxurious in its appointments and famous for its cuisine CLUB HOUSE AT VESPER COUNTRY CLUB A dcliRhtful old structure on Tyng's Island, Tht surrounding grounds, a hundred acres in extent, are laid out for nolf and other outdoor sports FORT HILL PARK The site of an old Indian fort, presented to the city by the Misses Rogers BEACON STREET RESERVOIR The lareest of the city reservoirs, with a capacity of 32,000,000 gallons SPEEDWAY CANAL WALK AND RAPIDS. MERRIMACK RIVER In the early days of the City the water power of this system of canals and locks operated all the mills WINTER ON THE MERRIMACK PAWTUCKET FALLS. MERRIMACK RIVER ..-::'. -■■,...tiimt.. ■ ■■ . iflnr'-iinnnT" RESIDENCE OF THE LATE B. F. BUTLER TWO VIKWS OF B K BUTLERS LIBRARY B. F. BUTLERS GRAVE Hildreth Cemetery NEW MONUMENT OF B. F BUTLER Hildreth Cemetery. Erected June 18. 1904 GATEWAY. LOWELL CEMETERY LION ON LOT OF FREDERIC AVER Lowell Cemetery StP 20 l»04 U 16 I MONUMENT ON K. OF P. LOT Edson Cemetery MONUMENT OVER THE ELKS LOT Edson Cemetery "v- ' ■< • • ^^ ^ ,\ III t- »-f-,. ^ ,0' ■ ,0 x- ■ •^°^. ^ -n*. .0° 1,^ -^ > :{< > -. \ -<■ ^ It'll - - «L^ *ri* . d^'yv/iW^ •- ^ -^' ' & I A- s' ^JS: J^ ^ -n*. -O-' c " ■ " «, '