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Lowell Highlands Neighborhood Web-Site!
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This site features information specific to Lowell's Highlands neighborhood. Local information may include: neighborhood happenings; information pages; fsbos; and more! Courtesy of Toni Nicholas - born in Lowell, and raised in the Highlands!
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If you are relatively new to Lowell, here's some historical information about The Highlands. The following is an excerpt from a brochure titled "Lowell's Special Places, Exploring the Neighborhoods."
The Highlands is located in the western part of Lowell, with the Merrimack River and the Acre to the north, Back Central and South Lowell to the east, and Chelmsford to the west and east. The Lower Highlands began as a residential cluster near a belt of small factories and sawmills near the railroad line. Speculators laid out lots close to Westford and School streets, intended for workers' housing. The Upper Highlands was developed in the 1850s, when businessmen bought farmland and built large, elegant estates. Later, the land was subdivided, and homes like those on Livingston and Wilder streets were constructed. Between 1880 and 1920, Jewish immigrants from Russia, Poland, and Germany established a community in the Highlands; today there are three synagogues. Lowell's religious diversity is evident in the Highlands, with longtime Catholic parishes, the Buddhist Glory Temple, and new places of worship for Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses.
Belmont Street has a rich concentration of beautiful homes built by agents, engineers, and manufacturers, while the A, B, C, and D streets have homes (c. 1880-1900) built for workers on portions of the Noah Spalding farm. Today, the Highlands, especially Lower Highlands, is home to a large Southeast Asian population, primarily Cambodian. A trip into Cupples Square provides the visitor with a first hand look at goods, services, and food integral to the Cambodian-American culture. The expansive neighborhood includes distinctive parkways, churches and temples, schools, busy parks, a golf course, and numerous businesses, from corner stores to large companies. The high-rise office complex, called Cross Point, located off the Lowell Connector at Industrial Avenue, was built as the world headquarters of 1970s-80s computer giant Wang Laboratories. (Barbara Palermo, Lowell's Special Places, published by the Lowell Heritage Foundation.)
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