Lafayette Worsted Company Administrative Headquarters Historic District
Lafayette Worsted Company Administrative Headquarters Historic District | |
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| Location | 134 & 148 Hamlet Ave., Woonsocket, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 42°0′8″N 71°30′4″W / 42.00222°N 71.50111°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | c. 1920; 1923 |
| Architectural style | Second Empire; Georgian Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 100001439[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 7, 2017 |
The Lafayette Worsted Company Administrative Headquarters Historic District encompasses the two surviving buildings of a once-extensive textile mill complex in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Located near the Woonsocket Middle School on Hamlet Avenue are a former guest house, built about 1920, and the mill's 1923 administration building, an elaborate Second Empire brick building designed by Woonsocket architect Walter F. Fontaine. The Lafayette Worsted Mill, established in 1900, was one of three major local mills engaged in the French style of worsted wool production. Most of its buildings were demolished in 2008.[2]
The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Lafayette Worsted Company Administrative Headquarters Historic District" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
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- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
- Industrial buildings completed in 1920
- Buildings and structures in Woonsocket, Rhode Island
- National Register of Historic Places in Providence County, Rhode Island
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