Woonsocket Rubber Company Mill

Woonsocket Rubber Company Mill
Location Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Coordinates 42°0′0″N 71°31′2″W / 42.00000°N 71.51722°W / 42.00000; -71.51722Coordinates: 42°0′0″N 71°31′2″W / 42.00000°N 71.51722°W / 42.00000; -71.51722
Built 1857
Part of Island Place Historic District (#90001348)
NRHP reference # 89000334 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 1, 1989
Designated CP September 13, 1990
Edward Harris

Woonsocket Rubber Company Mill is an historic mill at 60-82 Main Street in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The mill consists of a series of 3- and 4-story brick buildings built between 1865 and 1875 by Edward Harris, one of Woonsocket's leading businessmen. These buildings housed the Woonsocket Rubbert Company, one of Rhode Island's first manufacturer of rubber products, principally shoes, boots, and rubberized fabric. In 1910 the complex was purchased by the Falls Yarn Company, which used it for the production of fine woolen yarns.[2]

The mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

Another mill owned by Woonsocket Rubber Company, known as the Alice Mill, named for the owner's mother, was located on Fairmount Street in Woonsocket. It was destroyed in a 2011 fire.[3]

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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. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Woonsocket Rubbert Company Mill" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
  3. ↑ http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/woonsocket-mill-fire-caused-by-blow-torch-20110609


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