The Smith Shoe Shop is a historic ten-footer shoe workshop at 273 Haverhill Street in Reading, Massachusetts. The small outbuilding is one of a few surviving remnants of the local cottage industry of shoemaking that flourished in the 19th century. These were called "ten footers" because of their relatively small size, and fell out of favor after the introduction of factory-based methods for shoe production in the decades following the American Civil War.[2]
Smith Shoe Shop | |
 Outbuilding at 273 Haverhill Street | |
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| Location | Reading, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°32′18.68″N 71°5′13.19″W / 42.5385222°N 71.0869972°W |
| Built | 1845 |
| MPS | Reading MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 85000550[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 1, 1985 |
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Smith Shoe Shop". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-15.