Jules Desurmont Worsted Company Mill - Woonsocket RI - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

The Desurmont Mill complex consists of a four-story Main Mill Building located in the center of the lot, a one-story Office/Storehouse Building in the northwest corner of the lot, and a small, one-story Guard House on Fairmount Street that is connected to the Office/Storehouse Building by a tall Entrance Gate.

The Desurmont Worsted mill was one of many Woonsocket worsted mills built by French and Belgian textile businessmen in the early twentieth century as a result of Governor Aram Pothier's efforts to attract foreign investment to Woonsocket. In 1931, a Belgian mill worker employed at the Desurmont Mill helped found the International Textile Union, which conducted its first strike at the mill.

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Street address: 84 Fairmount St Woonsocket, RI County / Borough / Parish: Providence Year listed: 2007 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924 Historic function: Industry/Processing/Extraction Current function: Vacant/Not In Use 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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