Valley Falls Mill

Valley Falls Mill
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	1359, 1361–63 Broad Street, Central Falls, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°53′55″N 71°23′20″W
Built	1849
Architectural style	Italianate
MPS	Central Falls MRA
NRHP reference No.	78000012 [1] (original) 78000013 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 26, 1978
Boundary increase	December 18, 1978

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. The outbuildings include the gatehouse controlling waterflow into the canals, a small stuccoed office building now serving as a retail establishment, and a brick bathhouse built c. 1870 that stands just south of the mill race. The complex originally had a second mill building and power canal; that building was destroyed by fire, and its canal was filled in.[2] The main mill building was developed as housing in the late 1970s, including a sympathetic replacement for the second mill building.

The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[2]

See also

• Valley Falls Company
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. National Register nomination for Valley Falls Mill Amendment (Bath House and Office, reference number 78000013), available by requested from the National Park Service