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Slatersville, Rhode Island
Village in North Smithfield, Rhode Island, US
Village in North Smithfield, Rhode Island, US
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Slatersville Historic District |
| nrhp_type | hd |
| nocat | yes |
| image | Slatersville Memorial Town Building.jpg |
| caption | Town Hall |
| location | Main, Green, Church, and School Sts. and Ridge Rd., Slatersville, Rhode Island |
| coordinates | |
| locmapin | Rhode Island#USA |
| built | 1805 |
| architecture | Greek Revival |
| added | April 24, 1973 |
| refnum | 73000002 |
Slatersville is a village on the Branch River in the town of North Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States. It includes the Slatersville Historic District, a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The historic district has been included as part of the Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park. The North Smithfield Public Library is located in Slatersville.
Slatersville was associated with and named for Samuel and John Slater, members of the well-known Slater family.
In the late nineteenth century, the Woonsocket and Pascoag Railroad was built through the village, and the line was later acquired by the Providence and Worcester Railroad and run as a freight rail line terminating in Slatersville near a steel distributor by the Slater Mill, rather than its former endpoint in Pascoag.
History
The region was originally settled in the 17th century by British colonists as a farming community. The village was founded in 1803 by entrepreneurs Samuel and John Slater, in partnership with the Providence firm of Almy and Brown. The firm purchased the land and began construction of a textile mill. By 1807, the village included the Slatersville Mill, "the largest and most modern industrial building" of its day, two houses for workers, the owner's house, and the company store.
Gallery
Image:Slatersville Common and Church.jpg | Slatersville Green and the Congregational Church Image:John Slater.JPG|John Slater and Ruth Slater, co-founders of Slatersville Image:Slatersville_Grange.jpg|Union Grange Hall, built in 1897 as a chapel for the St. Luke's Episcopal Mission Image:Branch River Bridge.JPG|Stone Arch Bridge, built in 1857, over the Branch River near the Slatersville mills. It replaced a wooden bridge built around 1800. Image:Slater Mill North Smithfield RI.JPG|Slatersville Mill, North Smithfield, Rhode Island Image:Slatersville Common RI.jpg|Slatersville Common Image:Slatersville Common.JPG|Slatersville Common Image:Slatersville Common Rhode Island.JPG|Slatersville Common Image:Slatersville Mill Rhode Island.jpg|Slatersville Mill
References
References
- {{NRISref. 2009a
- Walter Nebiker, ''The History of North Smithfield'' (Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1976).
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- acre. 2007a
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