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after fashions changed. Fanning's business was immensely successful, and he became one of Worcester's larger employers. At one point it employed over 2000 women. After the Corset Company folded in 1940, the facility was used to manufacture military-style boots. The factory is now an apartment
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neighborhood. The oldest part of the factory was built in 1895, with expansion of the facilities taking place up to 1909. The buildings were designed by
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for the Worcester Corset Company, whose origins date to an 1861 business by David Hale Fanning making
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Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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National Register of Historic Places listings in southwestern Worcester, Massachusetts
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National Register of Historic Places in Worcester, Massachusetts
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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Worcester, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs
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is an historic factory building at 30 Wyman Street in
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Buildings and structures in Worcester, Massachusetts
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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Worcester Corset Company Factory is located in Massachusetts
Worcester Corset Company Factory is located in the United States
Worcester, Massachusetts
42°14′56″N 71°49′10″W / 42.24889°N 71.81944°W / 42.24889; -71.81944
Arthur F. Gray
MPS
84000097
Worcester, Massachusetts
Main South
Arthur F. Gray
hoops for skirts
corsets
National Register of Historic Places
Baystate Corset Block
Kraus Corset Factory
Strouse, Adler Company Corset Factory
National Register of Historic Places listings in southwestern Worcester, Massachusetts


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"MACRIS inventory record for Worcester Corset Company Factory"
"Tour precedes high school production of 'The Royal Worcester Corset Company'"
Waist Cincher Corset
Archived
Wayback Machine
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