Visitors shouldn’t miss Doors Open XTRAs, special opportunities to enhance your Doors Open Lowell experience through interaction with design professionals or other special building-affiliated events.  Doors Open XTRAs are free and no preregistration is required.  However, building owners may reserve the right to limit attendance during these times on a first come, first serve basis.

Friday, May 13

7:30pm

Masonic Temple          

79 Dutton Street

Don’t miss the rare public showing of the Masons’ celestial lighting display in Grecian Hall.

Saturday, May 14

10:00am – 1:00pm 

Claflin Block

58 Prescott St.

Enjoy live jazz piano featuring Alizon Lissance during your visit to one of the loft units.

10:30 am  

St. Patrick Church

282 Suffolk  Street

Join St. Patrick’s historian and archivist David McKeon and learn about ongoing archeological investigations  related to Lowell’s original Irish settlement in the Acre.

11:00am – noon

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church

62 Lewis Street

Meet architect Jim Jozokos to learn more about the church’s recent exterior restoration.

1:00pm – 2:30pm

Mile of Mills Retrospective Tour

Boott Cotton Mills Courtyard

115 John Street

Explore Lowell's historic Mile of Mills along the Riverwalk and efforts to preserve these historic structures with Lowell National Historical Park architect Chuck Parrott.

2:00pm – 3:00pm

Spalding House                                                           

383 Pawtucket Street

Meet landscape architect Steve Cosmos and discover the design concepts and process behind the newly developed Spalding House Park.

2:00pm – 5:00pm

Tremont Yard

1 Tremont Place

Underwater since the mid-19th century, discover these exposed historic subterranean waterpower features with former Lowell National Historical Park Ranger Dave Redding.

Pawtucket Congregational Church

15 Mammoth Road

Come learn about the 1898 Cole church organ and see the church’s 1812 Revere Bell.

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