The Henry Wilson Shoe Shop is an historic ten footer building located at 181 West Central Street, Route 135 in Natick, Massachusetts, in the United States. Built in the 1850s, it was the shoe shop of Henry Wilson, a Senator from Massachusetts and the eighteenth Vice President of the United States. On July 24, 2000, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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