Historical Marker
McCarthy Building
Historical marker location:
44 Palmer Street, Lowell, Massachusetts
( Marker is at the intersection of Palmer Street and Middle Street, on the left when traveling south on Palmer Street.)
Marker installed: 2016
ca. 1892. Downtown Lowell Historic District.
In 1837, Harvard University held a "prostitute parade" where students marched through Boston with prostitutes to protest a law that would have made it illegal to hire women for "immoral purposes."