Arlington Mills Historic District

The Arlington Mills Historic District encompasses a major 19th century textile manufacturing complex in Lawrence and Methuen, Massachusetts.

[2] The Arlington Mills occupy 75 acres (30 ha) of land straddling the boundary between Lawrence and Methuen.

It is bounded on the east by Broadway, a historic post road, and on the west by the Spicket River, which originally supplied it with power.

During World War I it supplied large quantities of flannel and wool shirting to the United States Army.

The Arlington Mills Company suffered financial reverses during the Great Depression, and closed its doors in 1952.

Arlington Mills in 1907