The Stevens Linen Works Historic District encompasses a 19th-century factory complex associated with the manufacturing of linen and flax fabric in
Dudley, Massachusetts
Dudley is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,921 at the 2020 census.
History
Dudley was first settled in 1714 and was officially incorporated in 1732. The town was named for landholders Paul and Wil ...
. Its centerpiece is the
Stevens Linen Mill, built in the 1860s by Henry Hale Stevens and operated into the 1990s. The mill is a large granite U-shaped building, five stories high, with two seven-story towers at the corners of the U. The complex includes ten buildings in all, as well as a mill pond and dam.
The mill complex was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 2010.
See also
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References
National Register of Historic Places in Worcester County, Massachusetts
Buildings and structures in Dudley, Massachusetts
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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