The Woonsocket Call - Woonsocket RI - Newspaper Headquarters on Waymarking.com

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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Area Served: Woonsocket What is (later, was) its physical address?: 75 Main St., Woonsocket, RI Does it now just provide an internet read?: No Internet address: [Web Link] Did you ever buy or subscribe to this paper?: No. Please provide a link referring to the newspaper's demise.: Not listed If applicable, when was this publication's last edition?: Not listed

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