@article{1386707,
      author = {Maycock, Susan E.,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1386707},
      title = {Survey of architectural history in Cambridge.},
      abstract = {This series, called the Survey of Architectural History in  Cambridge, was among the first inventories of its kind in  America.Shortly after the Cambridge Historical Commission  was established it embarked on the task of surveying  Cambridge's architectural resources. The Commission  published five reports, from 1964 to 1977, on each area of  the city. This series, called the Survey of Architectural  History in Cambridge, was among the first inventories of  its kind in America. This new edition of East Cambridge,  the first report, appears at a time when the neighborhood  is experiencing increasing development pressures, making it  a particularly valuable resource on the area's history and  growth for residents, planners, and outside investors.  Although its primary focus remains architectural, the  second edition includes the results of extensive primary  source research on the district's colonial history,  industrial development, and social history. It breaks new  ground by correlating city directory and census data with  the types of workers' housing built in the period from 1820  to 1870. Development is not new to East Cambridge.  Established on an isolated island in the salt marshes  opposite Boston in 1809, it became the first part of  Cambridge to undergo industrial expansion and attracted  great numbers of immigrants during the mid-nineteenth  century. The substantial Federal brick houses built on  speculation by the Lechmere Point Corporation gave way to  modest workers' cottages in the early 1820s. This building  type soon became characteristic of the community densely  populated, working class, with a distinctive architecture  that still largely survives.},
      recid = {1386707},
      pages = {1 online resource :},
}