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Larrabee & Hingston Company, 19 Howley St Peabody, Essex County, MA
The Larrabee & Hingston Company shop complex, consisting of the Main Shop Building, the Lumber Drying Shed, Lumber Storage Shed #1, the Office Building, and Lumber Storage Shed #2, is significant for its association with Peabody`s most important historic industry, the tanning of animal hides, and as a good example of a late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century light woodworking and fabricating shop. Larrabee & Hingston, founded in 1931, was a custom builder of wooden tanning vessels and was the last such facility in the Northeast when it closed in 1997.
Larrabee & Hingston Company, 19 Howley St Peabody, Essex County, MA
The Larrabee & Hingston Company shop complex, consisting of the Main Shop Building, the Lumber Drying Shed, Lumber Storage Shed #1, the Office Building, and Lumber Storage Shed #2, is significant for its association with Peabody`s most important historic industry, the tanning of animal hides, and as a good example of a late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century light woodworking and fabricating shop. Larrabee & Hingston, founded in 1931, was a custom builder of wooden tanning vessels and was the last such facility in the Northeast when it closed in 1997.
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
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Larrabee & Hingston Company, Main Shop Building, 19 Howley St Peabody, Essex County, MA
The Larrabee & Hingston Company Main Shop Building (ca. 1840-ca. 1914) is significant for its association with Peabody`s most important historic industry, the tanning of animal hides. The Main Shop Building is the major component of a support/service industry complex associated with the area tanning industry. Larrabee & Hingston, founded in 1931, was a custom builder of wooden tanning vessels and was the last such facility in the Northeast when it closed in 1997.
Larrabee & Hingston Company, Main Shop Building, 19 Howley St Peabody, Essex County, MA
The Larrabee & Hingston Company Main Shop Building (ca. 1840-ca. 1914) is significant for its association with Peabody`s most important historic industry, the tanning of animal hides. The Main Shop Building is the major component of a support/service industry complex associated with the area tanning industry. Larrabee & Hingston, founded in 1931, was a custom builder of wooden tanning vessels and was the last such facility in the Northeast when it closed in 1997.
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
Source Website
Larrabee & Hingston Company, Lumber Drying Shed, 19 Howley St Peabody, Essex County, MA
The Larrabee & Hingston Lumber Drying Shed (ca. 1903-ca. 1914) is significant for its association with Peabody`s most important historic industry, the tanning of animal hides. The Lumber Drying Shed is an important component of a support/service industry complex associated with the area tanning industry. Larrabee & Hingston, founded in 1931, was a custom builder of wooden tanning vessels and was the last such facility in the Northeast when it closed in 1997.
Larrabee & Hingston Company, Lumber Drying Shed, 19 Howley St Peabody, Essex County, MA
The Larrabee & Hingston Lumber Drying Shed (ca. 1903-ca. 1914) is significant for its association with Peabody`s most important historic industry, the tanning of animal hides. The Lumber Drying Shed is an important component of a support/service industry complex associated with the area tanning industry. Larrabee & Hingston, founded in 1931, was a custom builder of wooden tanning vessels and was the last such facility in the Northeast when it closed in 1997.
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
