Elizabeth Boit House
Elizabeth Boit House | ||
MPS Wakefield MRA | | |
| NRHP reference No. | 89000720 [1] | |
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| Added to NRHP | July 06, 1989 | |
The Elizabeth Boit House is a historic house at 127 Chestnut Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts.
This house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989,[1] for its architecture, and for its association with Elizabeth Boit. She was one of the first highly placed female executives in the male-dominated management ranks of textile firms of the period, and is believed to be the only woman in a top executive position in the United States textile industry in 1923. She pioneered improvements in worker conditions, offering health care to factory workers and providing bonuses based on company profits. The compound she built at Chestnut and Prospect Streets is the only surviving estate of Wakefield's leading business executives.[2] The home was listed for sale on September 16, 2021, for $1,990,000 and sold on November 4, 2021, for $2,750,000.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Wakefield, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Elizabeth Boit House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
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