Briggs Corner Painters — Park Street and Oakhill Avenue

Briggs Corner is an informal place name inside Attleboro, and our research found no official boundary for it. Business listings carry the name on a corner store at 1503 Park Street and a pizzeria at 1123 Oakhill Avenue, which is the best evidence of where it sits. Our research found no historic survey, National Register listing or published history for the area itself, so this page keeps to what can be checked.

Both of those addresses fall in Census Tract 6318, a large tract that also takes in the Dodgeville and Hebronville mill villages. Its figures describe a far wider area than the corner itself, so read them as a rough outline only. The tract has about 3,314 housing units, and the 1970s are its biggest building decade at 26.4%, followed by the 1980s at 21.3%. Only 8.4% of units were built in 1939 or earlier, much less than the city's 24.1%. Single-family detached houses are 54.3% of units, mid-size buildings of 5 to 49 units another 15.7%, and 61.4% of households own their homes.

1970s and 1980s houses

Close to half the tract's homes were built between 1970 and 1989. Houses from that period may have plywood or hardboard siding, aluminum trim covers or original stained wood. Each needs a different prep and primer, so an estimate should start by identifying what is actually on the walls.

The 1978 line falls in the middle

A house finished in 1976 and one finished in 1981 can look alike, but federal lead-safe rules apply only to the earlier one. Check your assessor record for the year built. If it is before 1978, see our lead-safe painting page for what work involves.

Apartments and condos nearby

With 15.7% of the tract's units in 5-to-49-unit buildings, some homes nearby may sit in condominium associations. There, exterior color and scheduling may need board approval, and the board may ask a contractor for a certificate of insurance; see condo painting in Attleboro.