Slatersville Historic District - Slatersville RI - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Slatersville is now part of North Smithfield and set on the banks of the Branch River. It consists of 5 main roads, Main St, North Main, Green St, School St and Railroad Ave. The complex is dominated by a four story stone mill, built in 1826 to replace one that was destroyed by fire and built in 1806. In total there are 4 building / mills that make up the mill complex. Included in the district are residential properties as well as 2 churches, Town Hall and a few commercial buildings.

The first successful cotton mill in the US was established in Pawtucket by Samuel Slater. 15 years after the building and establishment of that mill, Samuel Slater built the first mill in Slatersville. Before Slater there were existing mills on the site known as Buffam's Mills which was a grist mill, saw mill and had a few shops. Upon building the first textile mill in 1807, Slatersville became the first textile mill village in Rhode Island and quite possibly the US.

In 1915 the mills were purchased by Henry Kendall, who tried to transform the community into a model of high principal and moral rectitude. The mill residential properties were bare bone living spaces, Kendall set out to individualize the properties by adding porticoes, porches, arbors, planting trees and painting the houses different colors.

In 1954 Slaterville ceased to be a company town with the mills being closed down and the residential properties owned by the mill were sold.

Street address: Main, Green, Church, and School Sts. and Ridge Rd Slatersville, RI County / Borough / Parish: Providence Year listed: 1973 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824 Historic function: Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction Current function: Domestic Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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