Haverhill, MA

C.Willis Damon’s Renaissance-Revival brick and limestone former high-school commands Monument Square; recent envelope studies highlight its copper cornice, load-bearing masonry and original steel trusses—prime examples for adaptive-reuse contractors.

Phone 978-374-2316

Official site

Winnekenni Castle (1875)

Built of native quarried stone to echo English battlements, this hilltop “folly” now requires slate-roof and pointing work—an ideal case study in granite masonry stabilization overlooking Kenoza Lake.

Phone 978-521-1686

Official site

Buttonwoods Museum & John Ward House (1710/1814)

The campus unites a First-Period saltbox and Federal-style Duncan House; preservationists will appreciate the intact chamfered beams, split-shake roofing and recent HVAC retrofits hidden within plaster walls.

Phone 978-374-4626

Official site

John Greenleaf Whittier Birthplace (1688)

This timber-frame farmstead retains its original gunstock posts and hand-riven clapboards—valuable references for period-correct joinery and lime-based whitewash.

Phone 978-373-3979

Official site

Haverhill Public Library (1875)

Its High-Victorian reading hall features hammer-beam trusses and stained-glass skylights; the 2022 window restoration used customized wood sashes with vacuum-insulated glazing.

Phone 978-373-1586

Official site

St. James Church (1876)

Twin 200-foot granite spires and Tiffany-style rose windows dominate the skyline; interior plaster repair and slate replacement projects are ongoing—valuable for specialty subcontractors.

Phone 978-372-8537

Parish site

All Saints Parish (1859 Granite Gothic)

The former First Congregational Church of Bradford sports rock-faced ashlar walls and a Hook & Hastings pipe organ—casework recently cleaned with micro-abrasive methods.

Phone 978-372-7721

Parish site

East Parish Meeting House (1730)

This clapboard meeting-house retains its original box pews and hand-wrought strap hinges; engineers recently laser-scanned its post-and-beam frame to plan seismic upgrades.

Phone 617-750-1154

Official site

Museum of Printing (1882 Shoe Mill)

Housed in a repurposed brick factory, the museum’s cast-iron columns, timber decking and new laminated arch trusses illustrate best practices in mill-to-museum conversions.

Phone 978-372-0567

Official site

Haverhill Firefighting Museum (1909 Station 2)

The red-brick hose-tower and limestone belt courses illustrate early-20th-century civic design; recent waterproofing used low-pressure grout injection to seal hairline cracks.

Phone 978-852-3294

Official site

Trinity Stadium (1916 WPA Grandstand)

The poured-in-place concrete seating bowl showcases early mass-concrete techniques; structural engineers recently evaluated carbonation depth ahead of a sealant campaign.

Phone 978-373-8469

City info

G.A.R. Park & Soldiers & Sailors Monument (1890)

This landscaped common—once the colonial town green—features a bronze Civil War statue and cast-iron fountain; granite paving restoration followed ASTM C1242 anchorage standards.

Phone 978-374-2388

City Parks

Rocks Village Bridge (1883 Hand-cranked Swing Span)

The wrought-iron Pratt through-truss—Massachusetts’ last manually operated highway swing bridge—offers insight into pin-connected joints and timber-deck retrofits.

Historic overview

Pentucket Cemetery (1653)

Slate carvings of winged skulls and hourglasses provide original typologies for gravestone conservationists; pathways were recently re-graded with permeable aggregate to protect stones from splash erosion.

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Walnut Square Schoolhouse (1898)

This Richardsonian Romanesque red-brick primary school retains its Howard tower clock; masonry cleaning plans specify low-pressure steam to preserve the polychrome mortar.

Phone 978-374-3471

School site

Cogswell ArtSpace (1891 Technical School)

The former vocational school’s high-ceilings and maple shop floors are being retrofitted into studios; preservation easements mandate in-kind slate replacement and window sash replication.

Phone 978-374-3469

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Winter Street School (1856 Second Empire)

Mansard roofing, granite lintels and paired brackets exemplify mid-19th-century institutional design; its apartment conversion retained original corridor wainscoting beneath fire-rated gypsum overlays.

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Sacred Hearts Parish Complex (1895–1925)

The Romanesque brick church and adjacent parish school anchor Bradford Common; recent masonry repointing followed a Type O lime-rich mortar to match historic joints.

Phone 978-373-1281

Parish site

Bradford Common Historic District (1751 Town Green)

Greek-Revival residences, Gothic cottages and a 1912 granite Civil-War monument ring this elm-shaded common; façade grant programs encourage wood-sash replication and porch restoration.

Phone 978-374-2388

NRHP listing

Washington Street Shoe Historic District (1880-1920 Mills)

Brick loft blocks once turned out two million shoes a month; today, tax-credit projects restore corbelled cornices and wood-sash steel windows for mixed-use lofts—key precedents for mill redevelopers.

Phone 978-374-2330

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