National Register of Historic Places
Nashua Gummed and Coated Paper Company Historic District
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
The record
- Listed
- December 22, 2015
- Type
- Historic district
- Address
- 34, 44, 55 Franklin & 21, 25 30 Front Sts., Nashua
- County
- Hillsborough
- State
- New Hampshire
- Contributing resources
- 6 buildings
- Coordinates
- 42.76086, -71.47110
- Reference number
- 15000919
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The story
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The Nashua Gummed and Coated Paper Company Historic District is a historic district along Franklin and Front Streets in Nashua, Hillsborough County, listed in the National Register in 2015. Its six contributing buildings date from 1889 to 1967, in styles from Romanesque Revival to Post War Industrial architecture.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criteria A and C, with local significance in industry and architecture. Its significance runs from 1889, when Harry G. Bixby secured control and built the Franklin Street plant, to 1967, when a technology center was built at 55 Franklin Street.
Physical character
The mill buildings are walled in yellow and tan brick, on stone foundations, while later additions are reinforced concrete, brick or wood. Romanesque Revival and castellated detailing appear in a crenellated cornice and battlement, brick corbelling between piers, and a semi-circular brick arch entrance with granite springblocks and keystone.
Historical context
The Nashua Card and Glazed Paper Company operated at Franklin Street from 1889 to 1904, when it became the Nashua Gummed and Coated Paper Company, which ran the plant there until 1952 and was then renamed Nashua Corporation. Nashua Corporation moved its headquarters to Merrimack by 1995 and sold its remaining Nashua buildings between 1997 and 2005, ending its presence in the city that year. At the time of its listing the buildings held apartments, a church school, offices and warehouse space, and one stood vacant.