Lonsdale Historic District
Former worker housing on the Cumberland side of Lonsdale
Lonsdale, Rhode Island is located in Rhode Island
Lonsdale, Rhode Island
Lonsdale, Rhode Island is located in the United States
Lonsdale, Rhode Island
LocationLonsdale (Cumberland and Lincoln), Rhode Island
Built1830
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Greek Revival, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.84002022 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 25, 1984

Lonsdale (also known as Londsdale) is a village and historic district in Lincoln and Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States, near Rhode Island Route 146 and Route 95. The village was originally part of the town of Smithfield until Lincoln was created in the 1870s, and was originally centered on the Lincoln side of the Blackstone River. William Blaxton settled in the area in 1635. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Lonsdale was home to several manufacturers including the Lonsdale Company's Bleachery, and the Ann & Hope mill was also located in the village in Cumberland.

The historic district encompasses a variety of mill-related resources in the central part of Lonsdale. Mill worker housing along Front, John, Lonsdale, and Main Streets is included on the Lincoln side of the Blackstone, while the Ann & Hope factory complex in Cumberland is included, as are mill housing areas on Blackstone Court and on Main, Cross, and Blackstone Streets.[2]

In 1922, it's textile mills were temporarily shutdown by the New England Textile Strike over an attempted wage cut and hours increase.[3][4] During which on July 10, ten families in Lonsdale were evicted from their homes owned by the mill they had worked for.[5]

Family in tent after being evicted during New England Textile Strike from company owned home Lonsdale, R.I - July 15, 1922

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Lonsdale Historic District" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  3. ↑ E. Tilden, Leonard (1923). "New England Textile Strike". Monthly Labor Review. 16 (5): 14 (pdf, pg. 3) – via JSTOR.
  4. ↑ Foner, Philip Sheldon; Foner, Philip Sheldon (January 1, 1991). History of the labor movement in the United States. 9: The T.U.E.L. to the end of the Gompers era / by Philip S. Foner. New York: Intl Publ. pp. 19–31. ISBN 978-0-7178-0674-4.
  5. ↑ E. Tilden, Leonard (1923). "New England Textile Strike". Monthly Labor Review. 16 (5): 24 (pdf, pg. 13) – via JSTOR.

Further reading

  • Town of Lincoln, R.I. Once in a hundred years: a pictorial history. Lincoln, R.I.: Centennial publication of the Town of Lincoln R.I., 1971.
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