Allendale Mill is a historic mill at 494 Woonasquatucket Avenue in North Providence, Rhode Island, on the banks of the Woonasquatucket River.
Allendale Mill | |
 1969 view, original building | |
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| Location | North Providence, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°51′0″N 71°28′51″W / 41.85000°N 71.48083°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1822 |
| Architect | John Holden Greene |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 73000063[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 7, 1973 |
The oldest buildings in the mill complex were built in 1822 by John Holden Greene for Zachariah Allen. The mill had various fire safety devices that were advanced for the time, including "heavy fire doors, sprinkler system, rotary fire pump, and copper-riveted fire hose to be used in American textile mills. In addition, Allen built a heavy fire wall separating the picker room (filled with highly flammable cotton fibers) from the rest of the mill and set the roofshingles in mortar."[2] The second building, also of 1822, was a company store building. It still stands next to the mill, facing Woonasquatucket Avenue.
Several additions were built onto the original building during the late 19th and 20th centuries. The first was a plain, white, 5-bay section in 1880. Later, two identical 9-bay red-brick additions were built in 1910 and 1947.[3]
The mill's 6 buildings over 5 acres (2.0 ha) were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ Providence Industrial Sitesprovidenceri.com Archived May 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Allendale Mill NRHP Nomination. 1973.
External links
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Media related to Allendale Mill at Wikimedia Commons
- Allendale Mill Fire Safety info
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. RI-302, "Allendale Mill, 494 Woonasquatucket Avenue, Centerdale, Providence County, RI", 16 photos, 5 measured drawings, 7 data pages