Longfellow School
1850
Has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Millville Historical
Commission — — Map (db m192459) HM
Main Street, once lined with stately elm trees, was drastically changed in the 1930s when the Elm Blight decimated hundreds of trees across the state. The tree-lined image of Millville was lost.
The south side, along the railroad, was once . . . — — Map (db m192456) HM
Standing at this point the visitor will view the sites of mills dating from 1727 through 1977, when the last mill was lost to fire. The Island in the Blackstone River was the site of the earliest mills in 1727. Here the first bridge crossing . . . — — Map (db m192461) HM
In Memory of
Veterans
Of All Wars
Town of
Millville
( back )
World War I
World War II
Korean Conflict
Vietnam
Desert storm
Iraq
Afghanistan — — Map (db m192458) WM
In 1916 the Village of Millville seperated from Blackstone and was incorporated as the Town of Millville. The new town successfully faced the challenge of self-governing itself for just a few years. Following the Great Depression of 1929 . . . — — Map (db m192539) HM
First Burial Ground in Millville
is owned by the Chestnut Street Meeting House
Most markers have disappeared through the
ravages of weather and time.
Few names of our first settlers buried here are known,
however, The memory of their . . . — — Map (db m192543) HM
The Raceway crosses under Central Street on the southerly side of the Longfellow Municipal Center. The water moved through it from a west-to-east direction from the Blackstone River and discharged back into the river on its northeast bank. . . . — — Map (db m192540) HM
Samuel Thompson’s Gristmill Stone 1727
Discovered in the Year 1937
by
A. Frederick Anderson
Town Antiquary
Presented to Longfellow School
by
Robert A. Mcglaughlin
Agent
Milleville Municipal Finance Commission
( small plaque . . . — — Map (db m192463) HM
The tower is nine-feet four inches in diameter and approximately thirty feet high, with walls at the base twenty inches thick. It is constructed of fairly thin stones which appear to be the same or similar to the material in the bedrock on which it . . . — — Map (db m192460) HM
