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{{short description|Historic district in New Hampshire, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name         = Nashua Gummed and Coated Paper Company Historic District
| nrhp_type    = hd
| nocat        = yes
| image        = NashuaNH GummedPaperCompany1.jpg
| caption      =
| location     = 34, 44, 55 Franklin & 21, 25 30 Front Sts., [[Nashua, New Hampshire]]
| coordinates  = {{coord|42.762729|-71.470336|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin     = New Hampshire#USA
| area         = {{convert|9|acre|ha}}
| architect    =
| architecture = Romanesque; Post World War I Industrial
| added        = December 22, 2015
| refnum       = 15000919<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>
}}
The '''Nashua Gummed and Coated Paper Company Historic District''' encompasses a collection of former industrial buildings on the north side of the [[Nashua River]] in [[Nashua, New Hampshire]].  Located on Franklin and Front Streets west of Main Street, the complex was developed by the Nashua Gummed and Coated Paper Company, later the [[Nashua Corporation]], beginning in the late 19th century.  It was a major manufacturing and employment center for the city until mid-1990s, when the company's business declined.  One of its former storehouses was converted to residences in the 2000s, and the main complex is, in 2015-16, undergoing the same process.<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news|title=Franklin Street mill added to National Historic Register; renovation project to qualify for tax credits|last=Himsel|first=Don|date=February 4, 2016|url=http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/1076754-469/story.html|accessdate=2016-03-02}}</ref>  The complex of surviving buildings was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2015.<ref name="nris"/>
==Description and history==
The Nashua Gummed and Coated Paper Company complex is located on the northwest side of downtown Nashua, on the north side of the Nashua River opposite the former [[Nashua Manufacturing Company Historic District|Nashua Manufacturing Company]] plant.  It is sandwiched between Front Street and a bend in the river, which is roughly paralleled by Front Street.  The complex has six buildings, of which the main one is a large Romanesque four-story brick building with a {{convert|550|ft|m|adj=on}} facade on Front Street.  Its core section was built in 1889 as a three-story structure, and it underwent a series of enlargements between then and 1940.  A second major mill building is located just to its southwest, with a much more utilitarian appearance.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/15000919.pdf|title=NRHP nomination for Nashua Gummed and Coated Paper Company Historic District|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2018-03-26}}</ref>
The Nashua Gummed and Coated Paper Company had its origins in a small company founded by three men in 1849 intending to manufacture [[playing cards]] for gold miners.  The company instead made cardboard and glazed paper products, and operated under a variety of names in Nashua until 1889 when it was incorporated as the Nashua Card and Glazed Paper Company.  It was by the 1870s the largest non-textile manufacturer in the city.  Under the leadership of Harry Bixby, a local investor, the main plant was built to a design by W.B. Page of [[Clinton, Massachusetts]].  The firm was heavily in debt by the early 20th century, and was acquired in 1904 by the Carter Rice Company of [[Boston, Massachusetts]], which established the Nashua Gummed & Coated Paper Company as a subsidiary to manage this and other assets related to coated paper products.  Over the 20th century the company expanded its products and operations, but contracted in the 1990s, eventually closing its presence in Nashua in 2005.<ref name=NRHP/>
==See also==
{{commons category|Nashua Gummed and Coated Paper Company Historic District}}
*[[Nashville Historic District (Nashua, New Hampshire)]], east of this district
*[[Nashua Manufacturing Company Historic District]], across the Nashua River to the south
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire]]
==References==
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{{NRHP in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire}}
[[Category:Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire]]
[[Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire]]
[[Category:Historic districts in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Nashua, New Hampshire]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire]]