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Assabet Mills, Maynard Block, Congregational Church, Maynard, Mass.
Looking from Main St. toward Walnut St.
Old Time Barber Pole Sign
Joseph Porrazzo owned a barber shop on Walnut Street for 50 years. This was his shop sign.
Kerosene Lantern
This kerosene lantern was used by Charles Ryan, Sr. while watchman at the Walnut Street Gate of the Assabet Mills. It was carried by Mr. Ryan when making his hourly rounds through the mills.
New England Telephone & Telegraph Building Plans
Street-level diagrams for the existing and planned addition of the New England Telephone & Telegraph office (Main & Walnut Street)
Blueprint of Walnut Street - 1904
Two blueprints of Walnut Street, Maynard, in 1904. Landmarks include the property of H. J. Dwinell, Dr. Howard Hamblen, Elias Severson, John Flood, Hugh McPhail, James Haire, M. E Parsonage, Mary Thompson, John McGill, W. H. Eveleth, TIMOTHY Buckley,…
Assabet Mfg. Co. - 1867
This picture was taken from Walnut St. before Walnut St. was relocated and the bridge built across the river in 1872. At the time of this photo Walnut St. ran from Main St. to Thompson St. After Walnut St. was relocated it was extended to Parker St.…
Views of Maynard from Walnut Street
1st photo: Taken around 1900. It shows the backside of the newly constructed Masonic Building, the apartments on River Street, the back of the Congregational Church, and in the foreground the river and Walnut Street bridge.
2nd photo: Taken in…
2nd photo: Taken in…
Assabet Mills - 1914 Photo
A photo of the Maynard Mills looking up Walnut Street, dated 1914.
Walnut Street Bridge - 1932
A photo of the Walnut Street Bridge in 1932. Several Maynard citizens are posing: (r-l) Richard Sherman, Victor Kizik, Johnny ___, Roy Dean, and (unidentified).
Larkin Family Home
Walnut Street
Sepia-tinged photos (2 ct) of Walter Larkin's home, the former Methodist Parsonage), on Walnut St., Maynard.
Final Resting Place of the Old Bandstand - 1915
The bandstand was built by Abel Haynes in 1904, and was set up at the foot of Walnut and Main Streets (then known as Post Office Square). The Maynard Brass Band used it until 1915. At that time, as a result of a dispute between the Maynard Brass…
Assabet Mills and Canal looking up Walnut Street - 1909
Although described as a canal, the water is actually the Assabet River.
The building left rear is a sawmill.
The building left rear is a sawmill.
Walnut Street Bridge and Assabet Mills Powerhouse & No. 5 Mill
An undated postcard showing the bridge over the Assabet River on Walnut Street (looking from the Main Street side).
This photograph shows a number of interesting features of the day:
On the left is the Mill sawmill.
In the distance, down…
This photograph shows a number of interesting features of the day:
On the left is the Mill sawmill.
In the distance, down…
American Woolen Company Mills - 1915
Building No. 6 in the foreground (later Beacon Publishing Company, Digital). Note: Watering trough which had been relocated from Maynard Square on corner of Nason Street.
Assabet Mills, Walnut Street-1867
Originally Walnut St. was laid out in 1865 and ran from Main St. to Thompson St. and was on the south side of the Assabet River, but in 1862 it was relocated on the north side of the river from Main Street to Parker Street and an iron bridge built. …