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The Central Falls Mill Historic District is located between Roosevelt Avenue and the Blackstone River in Central Falls, Rhode Island.It encompasses a collection of six mill buildings, as well as a stone dam which impounds the river, representing the finest mill constructions in the city during the 19th century.
Central Falls is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.The population was 22,583 at the 2020 census.With an area of only 1.29 square miles (3.3 km 2), it is the smallest [5] and most densely populated city in the smallest state, and the 23rd most densely populated incorporated place in the United States.
Two school buildings survive: the Central Street School, an Italianate wood-frame structure built in 1881 which is separately listed on the National Register, and the present Central Falls City Hall, an imposing brick building built as a high school in 1889 with Queen Anne styling when the area was still part of Lincoln. The Adams Library ...
Jenks Park is a city park of Central Falls, Rhode Island. The city's only large park, its development began in 1890 on land donated by Alvin Jenks. Its centerpiece is Cogswell Tower, designed by Pawtucket architect Albert H. Humes and built in 1904. A gift of Caroline Cogswell, the tower stands 18 feet (5.5 m) square and 70 feet (21 m) tall. [2]
Roughly bounded by the Central Falls-Pawtucket boundary and Rand, Summit, Dexter and Broad Sts. 41°53′04″N 71°23′28″W / 41.884444°N 71.391111°W / 41.884444; -71.391111 ( South Central Falls Historic
This 50-acre (20 ha) industrial area was developed in two phases, with a number of buildings surviving from both of these periods. The first, between 1870 and 1882, resulted in the construction of Mills 2 through 5, a series of large three- and four-story brick buildings which were used in textile manufacturing.
The Valley Falls Mill is a historic textile mill complex on Broad Street in Central Falls, Rhode Island.The complex consists of the primary mill building, a large Italianate brick four-story building erected in 1849, several outbuildings. a dam across the Blackstone River, and a portion of the original canal system which provided water power to the mill.
Rhode Island counties (clickable map) This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island. As of May 29, 2015, there are more than 750 listed sites in Rhode Island. All 5 of the counties in Rhode Island have listings on the National Register.