National Park Service - Rhode Island Historical Preservation ...

NPS Form 10-900-. 0MB IC 1024-0018 -
3-82 En,. 10-31-84
United States Department of the Interior
National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places
Inventory-Nomination Form
Continuation sheet 1 9 Item number 7
adjacent to and above the level of the mill yard and an elevated
spur now gone ran from the NPRR mainline to the coal-bins of
this building. C -
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Dye Houses c. 1885:
This complex and irregular group of much altered,
interconnected 1- and 2-story stone buildings has very lowpitched
gable roofs. C
37K - . -
Wool Store House c. 1900:
3-story brick warehouse with-low-pitched gable roof, typical
small, segmental-head windows. A railroad siding now gone
connected this structure to the Narragansett Pier Railroad main
line; an elevated gantry also gone. linked it to -the mill
complex on the opposite shore of the Saugatucket River. C
37L
Warehouse c. 1900:
A small shed-roofed brick warehouse, much altered and
removed from the rest of the mill complex. NC
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Kingstown Road, Hazard Memorial/Peace Dale Library
1890-91:
From an architectural standpoint, this is the finest
- building in the village; indeed, it is a very good example of the
Richardsonjan Romanesque in any context see photo #3. The
building consists of two sections: a stone main block housing
the library, and a shingle-clad frame rear wing housing an
auditorium. The 2-1/2-story stone section has hipped roofs with
a distinct bellcast at the eaves and wide jets with jackrafter
supports. The stereotomy in contrast to that of Peace Dale’s
many other stone buildings is very sophisticated, utilizing two
subtly different shades of pink and gray granite. The body of
the building is rockfaced gray granite in uncoursed ashlar, with
belt courses and window-trim in pink granite. The unity and
solemnity of the structure is offset by almost whimsical dormers
in a variety of picturesque shapes.
A veritable cascade of curving, low steps flows -out from the
entrance, recessed within a great round arch. The form of the
archway is echoed in a large, half-round bay projecting from the
body of the building beside the entryway. The shingled
auditorium reads clearly on the exterior as a single, 2-1/2-story