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United States historic place


Wanskuck Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district


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Location	Providence, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°51′20″N 71°25′56″W / 41.85556°N 71.43222°W / 41.85556; -71.43222
Area	119 acres (48 ha)
Built	1811
NRHP reference No.	83003867
Added to NRHP	December 1, 1983

The Wanskuck Historic District is a historic district in the city of Providence, Rhode Island encompassing a mill village with more than two hundred years of history. As early as the mid-18th century, mills stood on the West River in northern Providence, a development which continued with the rise of industrialization in the 19th century. The mill village of Wanskuck is organized around three thoroughfares: Branch Street, Veazie Street, and Woodward Road, and is roughly bounded on the east by Louisquisset Pike (Rhode Island Route 146) and to the northwest by the city line with North Providence. The West River runs through the district, with its banks lined by two late-19th-century mill complexes. The village area includes a variety of examples of mill worker housing, from duplexes to rowhouses, as well as two church complexes and a community hall built in 1884 by the Wanskuck Company.

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
"NRHP nomination for Wanskuck Historic District" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved November 1, 2014.

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