Chet Smolski, Rhode Island College

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Date

Fall 11-1978

Description

Valley Falls Mill Complex was one of the earliest established industrial sites in Central Falls. 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. Upon its remodeling as housing for the elderly in the 1970s, 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. These photographs show the developments.

Notes

Bibliography:

Jordy, William H. "Buildings of Rhode Island." Oxford, 2004, pp. 159-160.

Kennedy, Pamela A. "Central Falls, Rhode Island." Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1978, pp. 66-67.

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This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.

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Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.

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Keywords

elderly housing; mills; public housing; Central Falls, Rhode elderly housing; mills; public housing; Central Falls, Rhode Island; Island;

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