Hingham Knitting Company [Demolished]
Address888, Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number1697
Alternate Names
Architectural Technology Workshop
Building Root Number
N/A
PIRC Site Number 1697
Previous Building Number 995
PIRC Site Number 1697
Previous Building Number 995
Architect (Original)
Wisner Martin
Constructed
1914
Demolished 1971
Demolished 1971
StatusInactive
Materials for this building in our collection are not fully processed at this time.
Site Name HistoryThe site is named for the Hingham Knitting Company which occupied the entire block in the early twentieth century.Historical NotesThe Hingham Knitting Company, which was a producer of hosiery, was founded in Hingham, Massachusetts in 1906. In 1914, after having outgrown their factory in Hingham they constructed a new facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts which was occupied until the factory moved to Lowell, Massachusetts in 1929. After acquiring the property it was used by the Graduate School of Design as the Harvard Architectural Technology Workshop. The site was occupied for eight days by student protestors in 1971 prior to its demolition. This facility was located on the block which is now occupied by the Harvard University building 10 Akron Street.
Additional Information
Sternhell, Carol R. “The Women’s Center.” Harvard Crimson. June 17, 1971.
"Harvard Clears Site at 888 Mem Drive." The Harvard Crimson. November 4, 1971.
“A Model Industrial Plant.” Cambridge Tribune. vol. XXXVIII, no. 13, May 30, 1914, p.23.
"Hingham Knitting Mill Moves to Lowell.” Cambridge Tribune. vol. LII, no. 20, July 20, 1929, p.5.
Albertson, Jeff. "Women's Occupation of the Architectural Technology Workshop, Harvard University, March 1971." Jeff Albertson Photograph Collection (PH 57). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries, https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/collection/muph057.
