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Rochambeau Worsted Company Mill

Coordinates: 41°49′23″N 71°27′13″W / 41.82306°N 71.45361°W / 41.82306; -71.45361
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Rochambeau Worsted Company Mill
Rochambeau Worsted Company Mill is located in Rhode Island
Rochambeau Worsted Company Mill
Rochambeau Worsted Company Mill is located in the United States
Rochambeau Worsted Company Mill
Location60 King St.,
Providence, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°49′23″N 71°27′13″W / 41.82306°N 71.45361°W / 41.82306; -71.45361
Area8.65 acres (3.50 ha)
Built1923
ArchitectWalter Fontaine
NRHP reference No.100001366[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 24, 2017

The Rochambeau Worsted Company Mill is a historic textile mill complex at 60 King Street in the Olneyville neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. Set between King Street and the Woonasquatucket River, it is a three-story brick-clad steel frame structure, built about 1923. It was the third mill in Rhode Island in which a French system of textile processing was implemented. The business was established in 1922 by the Lepoutre Brothers, French immigrants who had first begun operations at the Lafayette Worsted Company in Woonsocket, and operated until 1956. It was thereafter occupied by the Imperial Knife Company, which operated here until 1987, manufacturing tableware.[2]

The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ Melhuish, Geoffrey E.; Alisa Augenstein (2017-01-31). "NRHP nomnination for Rochambeau Worsted Company Mill" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2017-09-12. With 30 photos from 2014.