Alternate view of the Boardman Block in 1955.

ID: 1462 ~ Source: Courtesy of MCLA Freel Library.

This file appears in: Boardman Block: Housing and Tenant Rights in North Adams

When the property was purchased a few years later in 1961 by Vadnais Inc, they noted that the interior of the apartments were in good condition but the outside was in need of repairs.

This file appears in: Boardman Block: Housing and Tenant Rights in North Adams

Boardman Block: Housing and Tenant Rights in North Adams

By Ryan Frazer and Conall Mannion

Originally built in 1914 to house Adams Print Works' skilled workers, the Boardman Block became the site of a protest advocating for historic preservation of the apartments in the 1970s.