Blackstone Manufacturing Company Historic District

  • Also Known As: New City also High Rocks

  • Vicinity: Roughly, area surrounding Butler, Canal, Church, County, Ives, Main, Mendon, Old Mendon, and School Sts
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1809/00/00 The Blackstone textile mill is erected on the Blackstone River. Invention of American Textile Mill
1815/00/00 Brown and Ives Owner Brown and Ives invest in the Blackstone Manufacturing Company. While most textile mills during this period have a few hundred spindles to make thread, the Blackstone Mill has 5,000 spindles. Invention of American Textile Mill

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Particulars for Blackstone Manufacturing Company Historic District:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Community Planning and Development
Cultural Affiliation Euro-American
Criteria Exemplar
Architectural Style Greek Revival
Area of Significance Historic and non-aboriginal
Sight Category Historic District
Area of Significance Industry
Criteria Information Potential
Architectural Style Italianate
Historic Use Manufacturing facility
Historic Use Meeting hall
Historic Use Multiple dwelling
Owner Private
Architectural Style Queen Anne Style
Historic Use Retail shop
Historic Use Single dwelling
Area of Significance Transportation
Building Type Warehouse



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 95001038
Resource Type:
Owner: Private, Local
Architectural Style: Greek revival, Italianate, Queen anne
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture, Historic and non-aboriginal, Community Planning and Development, Industry, Transportation
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering, Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation: Euro-American
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Historic Function: Domestic, Industry, processing, extraction, Commerce, Trade, Social
Historic Sub-Function: Meeting hall, Manufacturing facility, Single dwelling, Department store, Warehouse, Multiple dwelling
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Commerce, Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Multiple dwelling Restaurant Outdoor recreation Monument, Marker

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