Woonsocket Company, Number 2 Mill, 115 Front Street, Woonsocket, Providence County, RI
Summary
Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum
Significance: Built in 1833, the Woonsocket Company's No. 2 Mill is an unusually fine early cotton textile mill, architecturally distinguished in its handsome proportions and Greek Revival detailing. It retains several rare features, such as the wheelpit and original waterways. The building is somewhat atypical in its construction, having wood joist floor construction rather than slow-burning timber. With the third and fourth floors still producing textiles, it ranks as one of the oldest textile mills in operation in Rhode Island.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-40
Survey number: HABS RI-301
Building/structure dates: 1833 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1950 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1966 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73000005
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