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Historic district in Rhode Island, United States

Island Place Historic District

The Island Place Historic District is a historic district at Island Place and South Main Street at Market Square in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.

Island Place Historic District
Island Place Historic District · Wikimedia Commons
The place

The Island Place Historic District is a historic district at Island Place and South Main Street at Market Square in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The district includes six historic buildings, three of which are part of the Woonsocket Rubber Company Mill, dating from c. 1857 to c. 1919. The other buildings in the district are the Island Machine Company, the Barnai Worsted Company Dyeworks, and a wood-frame structure, that is the last surviving elements of the Wilkins Manufacturing Company. The district is bounded by Market Square, Bernon Street, and a bend in the Blackstone River. The site is now home to the Museum of Work and Culture, a project of the Rhode Island Historical Society.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Island Place Historic District

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    St. Ann's Church Complex

    St. Ann's Church Complex is now a historic cultural center in Woonsocket, Rhode Island on Cumberland Street.

    1.5 km · church building in Woonsocket, United States of America · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Stadium Theatre

    The Stadium Theatre Performing Arts Centre & Conservatory is a historic movie theater and concert venue and commercial building at 28 Monument Square in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The complex consists of two connected sections, one housing the theater, the other offices, both with retail spaces on the ground floor.

    700 m · movie theater and music venue in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, United States · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St. Charles Borromeo Church Complex

    The St. Charles Borromeo Church is a former Roman Catholic parish church in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, located on North Main Street.

    1 km · historic Roman Catholic church in Woonsocket, Rhode Island · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Woonsocket Harris Public Library

    Woonsocket Harris Public Library is a public library at 303 Clinton Street in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Founded in 1866, it is Rhode Island's second public library.

    1 km · library in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, United States · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Woonsocket Hill

    Woonsocket Hill is one of the highest points in the state of Rhode Island and is the highest point in the town of North Smithfield, Rhode Island at 586 feet. The hill is located near the center of the town and "contained a highly refractory stone used for hearth stones.

    3.9 km · mountain in Rhode Island, United States of America · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    John Arnold House

    The John Arnold House is an historic house on 99 Providence Street in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The main block of this two-story wood-frame house is conventionally believed to have been built in 1712, but there is architectural evidence parts of it may be even older.

    700 m · historic house in Woonsocket, Rhode Island · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Frank Wilbur House

    The Frank Wilbur House is a historic house in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA near Park Square, Rhode Island. Built c.

    1.5 km · historic house in Rhode Island, United States · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Pothier House

    The Pothier House is a historic house in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. This modest L-shaped 1+1⁄2-story cottage is notable as the longtime home of Woonsocket Mayor Aram J. Pothier.

    1 km · historic house in Rhode Island, United States · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish, Woonsocket

    St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish is a Roman Catholic parish located in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.

    900 m · church in Rhode Island, United States · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Woonsocket City Hall

    The Woonsocket City Hall, is located in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Edward Harris, a leading Woonsocket industrialist, constructed the earliest part of the building in 1856, and it was known as the Harris Block, with stores on the first floor, and an auditorium hall seating 1,100 on the third floor.

    400 m · city hall in Rhode Island, United States of America · Wikipedia

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Getting to Island Place Historic District

Airports
Rhode Island T. F. Green (PVD), 31 km · Boston Logan (BOS), 58 km · Bradley (BDL), 97 km
  • Boston → Island Place Historic District
    55 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · $6–8
  • Hartford → Island Place Historic District
    100 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · $11–15
  • Portland → Island Place Historic District
    4057 km · quickest by air, 11h 49m · $490–740
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Island Place Historic District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Fire IslandUS

    10 ways of moving, 18 sources

    203 km
  2. 02
    Vinalhaven and the Fox IslandsUS

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    315 km
  3. 03
    Tortola and the British Virgin IslandsVG

    11 ways of moving, 15 sources

    2,701 km
  4. 04
    ViequesPR

    8 ways of moving, 12 sources

    2,716 km
  5. 05
    SabaNL

    8 ways of moving, 22 sources

    2,821 km

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Next door to Island Place Historic District

Island Place Historic District is 53 km from South Boston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.