Slide Title

Blackstone Falls Construction

Photographer/Creator

Chet Smolski, Rhode Island College

Preview

Date

Spring 3-1974

Description

The 1840s Blackstone Falls mill complex was turned into 133 units of housing for the elderly. The mill was located on a difficult site: two of its buildings were on an island in the Blackstone River, connected by a series of bridges across a canal. Existing materials were reused wherever possible, and newly constructed buildings in the complex were sheathed in brick and stucco to maintain the mill’s historic appearance.

Notes

http://www.brunercott.com/library/blackstonefalls/blackfalls.html

Creator 1 Role

Photographer

Subject Headings

City planning and redevelopment law -- Housing -- Rhode Island -- Central Falls; Housing -- City planning -- Rhode Island -- Central Falls; Public welfare -- old age assistance;

Country Name

United States of America

Region Name

Rhode Island

City Name

Central Falls

Street Address

1485 High St.

Recommended Citation

Smolski, Chet, "Blackstone Falls Construction" (1974). Smolski Images. 280.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/280