Old Ashton Historic District
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Old Ashton Historic District | |
 Kelley House and the Blackstone Canal | |
| Location | Lincoln, Rhode Island |
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| Built | 1809 |
| Architect | Unknown |
| Architectural style | No Style Listed |
| MPS | Lincoln MRA |
| NRHP Reference # | 84002037 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 30, 1984 |
The Old Ashton Historic District is a historic district encompassing an early 18th-century industrial area along Lower River Road in Lincoln, Rhode Island. It includes the site of the first textile mill in Lincoln, which was established in 1810-15, and whose original mill building no longer survives. The proprietors of the mill built a series of modest worker houses on Lower River Road, which are now separated from the mill site by a section of the Blackstone Canal. The only structure near the mill site is the Kelly House, built in the 1820s by Wilbur Kelly, one of the mill owners.[2] The area is now a stopping point in Blackstone River Bikeway State Park, with interpretive signs explaining the area's history.
The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
See also
- Ashton Historic District, a later mill complex across the river in Cumberland
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island
References
- 1 2 Staff (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Historic Resources of Lincoln" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
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