Valley Falls Mill | |
Coordinates: | 41.8986°N -71.3889°W |
Built: | 1849 |
Architecture: | Italianate |
Added: | April 26, 1978 |
Mpsub: | Central Falls MRA |
Refnum: | 78000012 |
Increase: | December 18, 1978 |
Increase Refnum: | 78000013 |
The Valley Falls Mill is a historic textile mill complex on Broad Street in Central Falls, Rhode Island. The complex consists of the primary mill building, a large Italianate brick four-story building erected in 1849, several outbuildings. a dam across the Blackstone River, and a portion of the original canal system which provided water power to the mill. The outbuildings include the gatehouse controlling waterflow into the canals, a small stuccoed office building now serving as a retail establishment, and a brick bathhouse built c. 1870 that stands just south of the mill race. The complex originally had a second mill building and power canal; that building was destroyed by fire, and its canal was filled in.[1] The main mill building was developed as housing in the late 1970s, including a sympathetic replacement for the second mill building.
The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]