Park in Progress

• Bathroom fixtures at end of lifespan

• Cracked, broken or otherwise deteriorated slate roofing

• Deteriorated roof snow guard

• Deteriorated roof fascia and gutters

• Damaged brick masonry and degraded mortar joints

• Damaged wood window trim and sills

• Deteriorated windows that vary in size and appearance, thereby impacting historically accurate exterior appearance

• Exterior lighting fixtures that are not historically accurate to the 1920s time period

• Bathroom fixtures at end of lifespan

• Deteriorated walking surfaces and missing handrails at breezeway

• Deteriorated sidewalks

• Damaged and deteriorated curbing

• Deteriorated turf panels

• Deteriorated vehicular drive

• Deteriorated siding, roof, and doors of the hose house

Yes. The Boott Cotton Mills Museum will use a different entrance but will remain open during regularly scheduled hours. Signage will direct visitors to the entrance.  Other exhibits including Once City, Many Cultures and Into and 1840s Boarding House will not be impacted.

The visitor center and the Boott Cotton Mills Counting House and courtyard will be impacted by the construction.

The visitor center will be temporarily closed to the public beginning February 10 into June 2025. The Boott Cotton Mills Museum entrance and bookstore will be relocated for the duration of the project. Signage will direct visitors. All phases of construction are expected to be completed by November 2025. 

Yes. Passes are available for purchase at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum during museum hours.

While the store in the visitor center will be closed, the museum store located in the Boott Cotton Mills Museum will be open during museum hours.

Yes. Access will be maintained to the courtyard during construction.

Paid parking is available in the Joseph Downes city parking garage, located at 75 John Street, one block from the Boott Cotton Mills Museum.

Disability designated parking spaces are provided in the city parking garage at 75 John Street. The garage has a height limitation of 6' 8" for vehicles. Vehicles that display disability license plates or a hanging placard may also park at no cost in any designated parking space within the City of Lowell.

Construction at Lowell National Historical Park will enhance the visitor experience and preserve historic resources.The work includes upgrades to the existing restrooms. Preservation work on the Counting House exterior and in the courtyard includes updated lighting, and signage; new windows and walkways; and roof repairs. These changes will result in a safer experience for visitors, staff and partners as well as ensure the ongoing protection and preservation of the resources.

The Boott Cotton Mills, constructed from 1835-c. 1910, was one of many cotton textile mill complexes established in Lowell, Massachusetts. It represents one of the oldest surviving textile mill complexes in the United States.

The Counting House once housed the business offices as the location where the accountants and the pay masters worked. Today the Counting House includes the covered walkway into the courtyard and the museum restrooms. 

The Boott mill yard is regarded as one of the most architecturally significant mill yards in the United States. The four mills and the counting house were constructed in the 1830s. They survive as part of an interconnected series of mill buildings built over a 75-year period. The Boott mill yard illustrates the development of a single textile company in the early years of America's Industrial Revolution and how it paralleled the rise and decline of the Northern textile industry.

1920s is the period of significance.