Woonsocket State Armory - Woonsocket RI
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member nomadwillie
N 41° 59.813 W 071° 31.289
19T E 291158 N 4652505
Third stop on Tour 4 B, which goes from Woonsocket to the intersection with US 44 along SR 104.
Waymark Code: WMRN0B
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
Views: 6

Right of the bridge, 0.3 m., over the Blackstone River is Woonsocket Falls. From this point South Main St. bears uphill through what is known as the Globe section of the city, passing (L) the Woonsocket State Armory and the Globe Congregational Church.

p.385 Rhode Island, A Guide to the Smallest State, 1937


Built in 1912, there are 18 historic armories in Rhode Island, which the Woonsocket Armory is one. It located on South Main Street. The armory is located in the Globe section which was one of the industrial sections of Woonsocket.
Book: Rhode Island

Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 385

Year Originally Published: 1937

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