Lynn Item Building
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| Location | 38-54 Exchange Street, Lynn, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°27′43″N 70°56′41″W / 42.46194°N 70.94472°W |
| Area | 0.36 acres (0.15 ha) |
| Built | 1900 |
| Architect | Henry Warren Rogers |
| Architectural style | Italian Renaissance |
| NRHP reference No. | 100009282[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 18, 2023 |
The Lynn Item Building is a historic commercial building at 38-54 Exchange Street in downtown Lynn, Massachusetts. It was built in 1900-1901 to a design by local architect Henry Warren Rogers.[2] It was home to The Daily Item, the city's leading newspaper, until 2014, and is the city's only surviving 19th-century purpose-built newspaper building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.[1] It was converted to mixed commercial and residential use in 2021.[3]
Description and history
[edit]The Lynn Item Building is located on the east side of downtown Lynn, at the northeast corner of Exchange and Mount Vernon Streets. It is a five-story masonry structure, its exterior finished in limestone with Italian Renaissance styling. A two-story addition, built in 1971, extends along Exchange Street; it is a Modernist structure built of concrete faced in buff brick. The addition now houses the building's main entrance, following the conversion of its upper floors to residential use.[3]
The Daily Item was founded in Lynn in 1876 by Horace Hastings, and remained in that family's ownership until 2014, when it was sold to local media group. It occupied a variety of buildings in downtown Lynn (of which none survive), and built its first dedicated facility in 1891 following a major fire in the city. Due to its growth, the present building was constructed just ten years later to a design by local architect Henry Warren Rogers, and is one of the city's few commercial buildings with a limestone exterior. The addition was constructed in 1971 to a design by Abraham Woolf.[3]
See also
[edit]- National Register of Historic Places listings in Lynn, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts
References
[edit]- ^ a b "WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 8/14/2023 THROUGH 8/18/2023". National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
- ^ The Register of the Lynn Historical Society for the Year 1915. Lynn Historical Society. 1916. p. 31.
- ^ a b c "NRHP nomination for Lynn Item Building". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
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