Pontiac Mills
Pontiac Mills | |
.jpg) Pontiac Mills in 2021 | |
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| Location | Warwick, Rhode Island |
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| Built | 1863 |
| Architect | Clifton A. Hall[2] |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000019[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 5, 1972 |
Pontiac Mills is a historic textile mill complex on Knight Street in the village of Pontiac, Rhode Island within the city of Warwick. The mills produced the original Fruit of the Loom brand of cloth.
The mills were built beginning in 1863 by Robert Knight and Benjamin Knight (B.B. & R. Knight Company). The mills produced uniforms for Union soldiers during the American Civil War. In 1920 Webster Knight sold Fruit of the Loom and the Pontiac Mills. The textile industry in New England began declining shortly after this period. The mills were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[3]
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Kent County, Rhode Island
- Fruit of the Loom
- Benjamin Knight
- Knight Estate
- Robert Knight (industrialist)
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ D'Amato, Donald A. Gilpses From the Past: Warwick's Villages. 2009.
- ^ Robert Curley, Rhode Island Off the Beaten Path: A Guide to Unique Places (Globe Pequot Press, 2002)[1]
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Categories:
- Industrial buildings completed in 1863
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
- Cotton mills in the United States
- Buildings and structures in Warwick, Rhode Island
- Berkshire Hathaway
- National Register of Historic Places in Kent County, Rhode Island
- Kent County, Rhode Island Registered Historic Place stubs