North Uxbridge, Massachusetts
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North Uxbridge is the northern village in the town of Uxbridge in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. North Uxbridge has its own post office. The Zip Code is 01538. North Uxbridge is home to the historic Rogerson Village built by Robert Rogerson in the 1820s.[1] This village contains the Crown and Eagle Mills which was considered to be an architectural masterpiece of an early New England Mill village with worker housing and a water powered cotton mill.[1] North Uxbridge had other historic mills such as the Rivulet Mill or Sayles Mills, built by Richard Sayles, and the Clapp Mill (1810).[1]. Richard Sayles House and a number of other sites here such as Samuel Taft House, are listed on the Federal Register of historic places. It was also home to the Blanchard Granite quarry from which was mined large quantities of granite known throughout the Eastern United States.[1]. Blanchard's quarry rebuilt Boston after 1872's fire and sold NYC its curbstones.[1][2][3]. The North Uxbridge School, or Virginia A. Blanchard School, is on the register of Historic Places(see also below), as is the Rogerson's Village. The village is part of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor of Massachusetts and Rhode Island which is part of the National Park Service. The Blackstone River Valley is the oldest industrialized region in the United States. North Uxbridge borders Linwood and Northbridge. Mendon is to the East. Douglas is to the west. French Canadian Linwood's cotton mill and Robert Rogerson' masterpiece Crown and Eagle Cotton Mill were near Italian N. Uxbridge's Rivulet Mill.[1]
[edit] See also
- List of Registered Historic Places in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, Lists buildings relevant to this village
- Uxbridge- its history of schools; Offers photo and description of Virginia Blanchard School in North Uxbridge
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f "Walking tours - Uxbridge". Blackstone Daily. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
- ^ "MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report: Uxbridge; Report Date: 1984 Associated Regional Report: Central Massachusetts;". Massachusetts Historical Commission; (1984). Retrieved on 2007-11-20.
- ^ Crane, Ellery Bicknell (1907). Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memories of Worcester County, Massachusetts with a history of Worcester Society of Antiquity;. Lewis, 385.
