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 Main Street Historic District - Millville MA Posted by:  nomadwillie
N 42° 01.682 W 071° 34.803
19T E 286412 N 4656109
Millville has 2 distinct historical districts. Main St is the more residential district of the two and was built up after Central Street was fully developed
Waymark Code: WMG941
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 01/31/2013
Views: 2
The Main Street Historical District is located in the town of Millville. Millville was an industrial village. The town was bisected by the Blackstone River, where grist mills in the 18th century were started and grew into the the textile factories. The 2 main sections of Millville, the Central St District and the Main Street District.
This historic district developed during the peak of the US Rubber Company factory in the 19th and early 20th century. The topography are steep slopes. The district is roughly the full length of Main St, and about the same distance along Lincoln and Chestnut Hill Road that parallels with Main St. Chestnut Hill Rd was the 18th century route that connected Millville with Mendon Center, which it was part of at one time. The area's first church was thw Chestnut Hill Meeting House located about 1.5 miles north. Main St follows the country road completed in 1831 to connect Blackstone and Uxbridge, which also runs along side the Blackstone River.
Street address:
Main, Lincoln, Preston, Walnut Sts., Chestnut Hill Rd., Burns Ave
Millville, MA
County / Borough / Parish: Worcester
Year listed: 2006
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion
Current function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Religion
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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