Allenville Mill - Smithfield RI
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nomadwillie
N 41° 52.686 W 071° 30.112
19T E 292399 N 4639268
Located on Esmond St, right across from the Esmond Mill Complex.
Waymark Code: WMRNAB
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 07/12/2016
Views: 4
On Esmond St. near the village center is the old Allenville Mill, a twoand-a-half-story stone building with gable roof, now housing the Esmond Post Office. Governor Philip Allen (1851-53) built this mill in 1813; it is the only remaining part of a group of early textile factories. The offices of the Esmond Mills (est. 1907) (Display Room open) are across the street; this plant, employing nearly a thousand workers, manufactures the wellknown Esmond blankets.
p.387 Rhode Island, A Guide to the Smallest State, 1937
The Allenville Mill building seems to be out of place because of its stone construction. All other buildings are either wood or brick. No longer a Post Office. It almost looks as if the mill has been converted to a residence.
Book: Rhode Island
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 387
Year Originally Published: 1937
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