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 Ashton Historic District - Cumberland RI Posted by:  nomadwillie
N 41° 56.225 W 071° 25.907
19T E 298400 N 4645650
In 1863 the Lonsdale- Company purchased more land on the Cumberland side, surrounding the railroad tracks, and ‘in 1867 it erected a large new brick mill and a group of brick workers’ houses.
Waymark Code: WMT3B1
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 09/18/2016
Views: 1
The Ashton Historic District is significant in part for its readily perceived nineteenth-century environmental character amid twentieth- century suburban development in the Blackstone Valley. Ashton’s physical fabric, composed of- vernacular, structures reflecting- the- influence - of various nineteenth-century styles, is largely the product of- its-evolution and growth in the l800s from a travelers’ waystop into a manufacturing settlement and service center for the surrounding countryside.
Street address:
Roughly Mendon, Scott, and Old Angell Rds., Store Hill Rd., Front and Middle Sts.
Cumberland, RI
County / Borough / Parish: Providence
Year listed: 1984
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion
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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