Gloucester Net and Twine Company

The Gloucester Net and Twine Company is a historic factory in Gloucester, Massachusetts. It was the factory of one of Gloucester's most importing fishing-related manufacturing businesses, founded in 1884. The complex was built c. 1899. The main factory building is a utilitarian wood frame structure three stories high, six window bays wide and fourteen long. Its long facade, along Maplewood Avenue, is centered on a four-story tower, to the right of which is a single story brick power supply building with Italianate detailing.[2]

Gloucester Net and Twine Company
LocationGloucester, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°37′15″N 70°40′7″W
Built1884
Architectural styleItalianate
MPSGloucester MPS
NRHP reference No.96000474[1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1996

The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

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