Rochambeau Worsted Company Mill

Rochambeau Worsted Company Mill
Location 60 King St., Providence, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°49′23″N 71°27′13″W / 41.82306°N 71.45361°W / 41.82306; -71.45361Coordinates: 41°49′23″N 71°27′13″W / 41.82306°N 71.45361°W / 41.82306; -71.45361
Area 8.65 acres (3.50 ha)
Built 1923
Architect Walter Fontaine
Architectural style Other
NRHP reference # 100001366[1]
Added to NRHP July 24, 2017

The Rochambeau Worsted Company Mill is a historic textile mill complex at 60 King Street in the Olneyville neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. Set between King Street and the Woonasquatucket River, it is a three-story brick-clad steel frame structure, built about 1923. It was the third mill in Rhode Island in which a French system of textile processing was implemented. The business was established in 1922 by the Lepoutre Brothers, French immigrants who had first begun operations at the Lafayette Worsted Company in Woonsocket, and operated until 1956. It was thereafter occupied by the Imperial Knife Company, which operated here until 1987, manufacturing tableware.[2]

The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Melhuish, Geoffrey E.; Alisa Augenstein (2017-01-31). "NRHP nomnination for Rochambeau Worsted Company Mill" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2017-09-12. With 30 photos from 2014.


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