Roughly, area surrounding Butler, Canal, Church, County, Ives, Main, Mendon, Old Mendon, and School Sts., Blackstone, Massachusetts. County/parish: Worcester.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 25, 1995. NRIS 95001038.
54 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 7 contributing structures. 1 contributing object.Also known as:
The Blackstone Manufacturing Company Historic District encompasses the "New City" or "High Rocks" area of Blackstone, Massachusetts, an industrial village associated with the Blackstone Manufacturing Company, which began operations in 1809. It includes an area roughly surrounding Butler, Canal, Church, County, Ives, Main, Mendon, Old Mendon, and School Streets. The district includes a wide variety of worker housing, as well as a granite storehouse, the only surviving company structure. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63797202