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It is known that Rogerson's ownership of the Crown and Eagle ended around 1837. The business had failed, and was acquired by James Whitin, and the Whitin Family, who continued to operate the mill as the Uxbridge Cotton Mills. See also Whitinsville, Massachusetts for more history references of the "Whitin Machine Works". [6] "
Uxbridge is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States, first colonized in 1662 and incorporated in 1727. It was originally part of the town of Mendon , and named for the Earl of Uxbridge .
The Uxbridge Common District is located in downtown Uxbridge, Massachusetts.It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.Historic buildings in this district include the Uxbridge Academy, Uxbridge Free Public Library, the Deborah A. Wheelock House, a blacksmith shop, the First Congregational Church, and the Unitarian Church.
Uxbridge Town Hall is the town hall of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, located at 45 South Main Street. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . [ 2 ] It was built in 1879 [ 2 ] and added to the historic registry 100 years later.
Wheelockville is a village in the town of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, United States. [2] Part of the village centering on Mendon and Henry streets is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Wheelockville Historic District.
The Central Woolen Mills District is a historic district in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA.The centerpiece of this historic district is the Stanley Woolen Mill, also known as the Central Woolen Mill, built by Moses Taft in 1852, [2] and earlier by his father, Luke Taft, in 1833, on the banks of the Blackstone Canal.
Uxbridge is in the heart of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, which is the oldest industrialized region in the United States. The Cornet John Farnum Jr. House was the site of the first Uxbridge Town Meeting in 1727. The house today is a museum and headquarters of the Uxbridge Historical Society.
Later still, after Taft retired, the name became the Richard Sayles Mill. The mill was sold out of the Sayles family in 1910. It was operated by the Uxbridge Worsted Company until the mid-1950s. [2] In October 1983 the complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places. [1] 1814 historic marker of RIvulet Mill Village, North Uxbridge