Slater Mill, House "K", 20 School Street, Slatersville, Providence County, RI

Significance: The mill village of Slatersville was the earliest in Rhode Island, and it was established by William Almy, Obadiah Brown, with John and Samuel Slater. The Slater brothers joined Almy and Brown's firm as partners in 1806 and the Slatersville cotton mill was spinning in 1807. The Slaters purchased the mill in the 1830s and they owned Slatersville until 1900. Henry P. Kendall bought the property in 1915 and set about restoring the village. Kendall's project saw some of the houses moved, mitigating their institutional character, and created an idealized New England town setting.

This house was one of a series of similar mill houses distinguished by novel doorways.
Survey number: HABS RI-293
Building/structure dates: 1810-1820 Initial Construction