South Common Park
A park in Lowell, in the middle of things: 186 places within a five-minute walk. One of 81 parks & outdoors in Lowell.















On the National Register since 1982

South Common Historic District
South Common Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Aug 10, 1982. It is significant for its industry, town planning, politics and architecture at the state level. Its architecture is described as Italianate and Second Empire and Victorian Gothic and Romanesque Revival and Gothic and High Victorian Gothic and Queen Anne. The district takes in 26 historic buildings.
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 w…
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186 places within a five-minute walk of South Common Park.
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