Monohasett Woolen Mill

The photo to the left by P.H. Rose shows a view from the south of the Monohasett Woolen Mill, circa 1890. The mill was (and still is) located at the corner of Eagle Street and Kinsley Avenue in Providence.

The mill was established in 1866 by a couple of guys named Paine and Sackett. The main building, according to “Providence Industrial Sites,” published by the Rhode Island Historical Heritage and Preservation Commission (1981), is “a four-story, brick structure with granite trim, a flank-gambrel roof, and a five-story, flat-top tower which originally had a steep hip roof. [This main structure originally] contained the engine room, boiler room, drying room, and packing room. The tower contained stairways, dressing rooms, and an elevator. The two-story, hip-roofed, brick building contained wool shops and more boiler and engine rooms. The Monohasset Mill specialized in the production of fancy cassimers and was known during its twenty-one years in operation as one of the best woolen manufacturers in the country.” The architect was J.C. Bucklin. Read more