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Hopewell Mills District

Hopewell Mills District

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Hopewell Mills District is a historic district on Bay Street and Albro Avenue in Taunton, Massachusetts
Taunton, Massachusetts
Taunton is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the seat of Bristol County and the hub of the Greater Taunton Area. The city is located 40 miles south of Boston, 18 miles east of Providence, 18 miles north of Fall River and 25 miles west of Plymouth...

. The site is associated with the Hopewell Mills, one of the earliest textile mills in the city, established in 1818 (mill now demolished).
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Hopewell Mills District is a historic district on Bay Street and Albro Avenue in Taunton, Massachusetts
Taunton, Massachusetts
Taunton is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the seat of Bristol County and the hub of the Greater Taunton Area. The city is located 40 miles south of Boston, 18 miles east of Providence, 18 miles north of Fall River and 25 miles west of Plymouth...

. The site is associated with the Hopewell Mills, one of the earliest textile mills in the city, established in 1818 (mill now demolished).

The historic district contains a number of early 19th century brick mill worker tenement homes and was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

in 1984.