1363 Broad St., Central Falls, Rhode Island. County/parish: Providence.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 26, 1978. NRIS 78000012.
Part of Central Falls MRA (NRIS 64000745).
4 contributing buildings. 3 contributing structures.
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. 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.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41374484