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The Spencer Town Center Historic District encompasses the historic downtown of Spencer, Massachusetts.When first listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, the district covered 250 acres (100 ha) centered on Main Street between High and North Streets.
Spencer is located at (42.243276, -71.99437 [ 2 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 5.7 square kilometres (2.2 sq mi), of which 5.5 square kilometres (2.1 sq mi) is land and 0.2 square kilometres (0.077 sq mi) (2.74%) is water.
Spencer was named after the then-acting governor of Massachusetts, Spencer Phips. Spencer was the home of the Howe family of inventors, including Elias Howe, who perfected the lockstitch sewing machine. In 1784, Spencer was a major stopping place on the Old Boston Post Road's stage route between Boston and Hartford, and on to New York ...
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Headquarters in Fall River, MA. Their catalog business quickly grew, forcing the company to acquire a larger warehouse. In 1997, plans were made to build a new 45,000 sq. ft plant near the company's location on Market St. in Warren, RI , but Warren's water main expansion fell 1600 feet short of where the Pattons planned to build the new ...
Wrights is a brand of trim and other textiles for home sewing.It, and its subsidiary Lending Textile, operates using Wright, EZ Quilting, Boye and Bondex as brands. Since November 2017, it has been part of CSS Industries.
Veryfine is a juice beverage brand currently owned by Sunny Delight Beverages. [1] The company was started as Standard Vinegar Co. in Somerville, Massachusetts, in 1865.. Arthur Rowse bought the company in 1900, changed the name to New England Vinegar Works in 1907, and moved the company to Littleton, Massachusetts, in 1930 to be closer to Massachusetts' apple orc
St. Joseph's Abbey is a Trappist monastery in Spencer, Massachusetts. The community of monks was founded in 1825 in Nova Scotia, Canada. In the early 20th Century, they moved to Rhode Island, and then in 1950 decided to move to Spencer. [1] The monks produce jams and liturgical vestments in order to financially support their way of life.