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Rogerson's Village Historic District
(U.S. Registered Historic District)
Location: North Uxbridge, Massachusetts
Built/Founded: 1810
Architect: Unknown
Architectural style(s): No Style Listed
Added to NRHP: November 23, 1971
NRHP Reference#: 71000092

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Governing body: Private

Rogersons Village Historic District is a historic mill village in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A historic district in the United States is a group of buildings properties or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally North Uxbridge is the northern village in the town of Uxbridge in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Uxbridge was settled in 1662 and incorporated in 1727 at Suffolk, then Worcester Co The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

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The builder

Rogerson's Village was built by Robert Rogerson, a native of England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland He acquired the Clapp Mill in 1817, established on the Mumford River circa 1810, in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. The Mumford River is a river (about 11 miles long in south-central Massachusetts. This was the oldest cotton mill built in Uxbridge. [2] It appears that he was the husband of Ann Rogerson.

The Crown and Eagle Mills

Roger Rogerson then built two cotton mills at the Mumford River in Uxbridge circa 1823-1827. The Mumford River is a river (about 11 miles long in south-central Massachusetts. The mills became known as the Crown and Eagle Mills. The Crown and Eagle Mills have been written up as an architectural masterpiece of an early New England Mill Village. [3] The Boston Globe published a summary of the Mill village in a 1971 edition. [2] The Crown and Eagle Mills were burned around 1975. They have been restored to their former beauty and converted into Senior Housing. Rogersons village, built by Robert Rogerson is now part of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor. The Blackstone Valley or Blackstone River Valley is a region of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. [1] The Crown Mill was named for Robert Rogerson's homeland, England, and the Eagle Mill for his adopted nation, the U. S. The mill village, the dream of Robert Rogerson, spared no expense for the mill, mansion, company store and mill worker homes. A truck system is an arrangement in which employees are paid in commodities or in lieu of wages for work performed thereby limiting their ability to choose how to spend their earnings [4]. Uxbridge is in the Blackstone Valley, the earliest industrialized region in the U. S.

Afterwards

It is known that Rogerson's ownership of the Crown and Eagle ended around 1837. The business had failed, and was acquired by James Whitin, and the Whitin Family, who continued to operate the mill as the Uxbridge Cotton Mills. James F Whitin (b1814 was the youngest son of Paul C Whitin, and brother of John Crane Whitin who founded the Whitin Machine Works in 1831 at Northbridge See also Whitinsville, Massachusetts for more history references of the "Whitin Machine Works". Whitinsville is a Census-designated place (CDP on the Mumford River, a tributary of the Blackstone River, in the town of Northbridge in [5] "Rogerson's Village Historic District" is on the National Register of Historic Places. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of

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Notes

  1. ^ National Register Information System. Rogerson Robert, Born England circa 17XX? Died Massachusetts circa 18xx Early life and career Robert Rogerson was a native of England. Linwood is the name of a post office and Village in the towns of Northbridge and Uxbridge, Massachusetts. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor
  2. ^ a b "milltowns-Crown and Eagle". conservationtech. com. Retrieved on 2007-10-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony
  3. ^ Langenbach, Randolph (1971-08-15). "The Crown and Eagle Mills, A remarkable Massachusetts Relic of the Industrial Revolution now in danger of destruction". Boston: Boston Globe Sunday Magazine.  
  4. ^ Walking tours: Uxbridge. Blackstone Daily. Retrieved on 2007-09-23. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English
  5. ^ *Navin, Thomas (1969). The Whitin Machine Works since 1831: A textile machinery company in an industrial village; Harvard studies in business history. Russel and Russel.  

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