The Woonsocket Call - Woonsocket RI
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N 42° 00.093 W 071° 30.915
19T E 291690 N 4653008
The Buell Building was built in 1922-23. It was built as and still used by the local newspaper, the Woonsocket Call.
Waymark Code: WMT3Z1
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 09/21/2016
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The Buell Building was built in 1922-23. It was built as and still used by the local newspaper, the Woonsocket Call. It was designed in 1922-3 by Westcott & Mapes, a New Haven architectural firm, to house both a printing plant and editorial and administrative offices. The building was named after Thomas A. Buell, a relative of one of the Call's founders and, according to City Directories, a coal merchant by trade.
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The Call began when Samuel E. Hudson and Andrew J. McConnell founded The Evening Call Publishing Company. The first edition of The Evening Call hit the streets on the afternoon of May 31, 1892. Every copy that rolled off the press was sold. The lead editorial stated that the newspaper's birth was "not by way of experiment, not in the spirit of adventure, but in the fullest confidence that the people of Woonsocket will support a paper devoted to their local and business interests."
Today, The Call proudly serves the Blackstone Valley of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, including the Rhode Island towns of Woonsocket, North Smithfield, Cumberland, Lincoln, Burrillville and Glocester. In Massachusetts, we serve the towns of Blackstone, Millville, Bellingham, Uxbridge, and Franklin.
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