Lafayette Worsted Company Administrative Headquarters Historic District

The Lafayette Worsted Company Administrative Headquarters Historic District encompasses the two surviving buildings of a once-extensive textile mill complex in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Located near the Woonsocket Middle School on Hamlet Avenue are a former guest house, built about 1920, and the mill's 1923 administration building, an elaborate Second Empire brick building designed by Woonsocket architect Walter F. Fontaine. The Lafayette Worsted Mill, established in 1900, was one of three major local mills engaged in the French style of worsted wool production. Most of its buildings were demolished in 2008.[2]

Lafayette Worsted Company Administrative Headquarters Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	134 & 148 Hamlet Ave., Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Coordinates	42°0′8″N 71°30′4″W
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	c. 1920; 1923
Architectural style	Second Empire; Georgian Revival
NRHP reference No.	100001439[1]
Added to NRHP	August 7, 2017

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

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "NRHP nomination for Lafayette Worsted Company Administrative Headquarters Historic District" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2017-09-18.