NRHP Reference # 82001993 Area 16 ha | Architect Multiple Address Lowell, MA 01852, USA Added to NRHP 10 August 1982 | |
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Architectural style Late Gothic Revival, Late Victorian Similar North Common, Shedd Park, Cawley Memorial Stadium, Lowell Memorial Auditorium, James F O'Donnell & Sons | ||
The South Common Historic District of Lowell, Massachusetts, encompasses the city's South Common and the various public, religious, and private residential buildings that flank its borders. The South Common, about 22.5 acres (9.1 ha) in size, was purchased by the city in 1845 in an auction by the Proprietors of Locks and Canals, who owned much of the city's industrial area. Although the common was landscaped, it was not apparently done so to a plan. It quickly became lined with fashionable residences, and several iconic public buildings, including the 1850 courthouse, a Romantic Revival structure designed by Ammi Young, and a series of Gothic Revival churches. Highland Avenue was built out with a series of fine Italianate houses.
The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.