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Gately Building
The Gately Building is a historic commercial building at 337–353 Main Street (alternatively given as 335 Main St or 2 Bayley St.) in downtown Pawtucket, Rhode Island The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. In 2015, the property was renovated into a 13-unit apartment building. Style The three-story flatiron building was built in 1914 to fill in a triangular lot on the fringe of the city's central business district. It has a flat roof, a steel frame, and is clad in brick with granite and marble trim, with a granite foundation and cast iron fronts on the first floor. Its Colonial Revival styling dates to alterations in the 1930s converting its ground-floor retail spaces into a single banking center. The floor space is about 5,000 square feet on each floor. Large windows surround the building on all sides. History The building was commissioned by Anne E. Gately (b. 1854), heiress to the Gately furniture and clothing store. She purchased th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Pawtucket is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 75,604 at the 2020 census, making the city the fourth-largest in the state. Pawtucket borders Providence and East Providence to the south, Central Falls and Lincoln to the north, and North Providence to the west; to its east-northeast, the city borders the Massachusetts municipalities of Seekonk and Attleboro. Pawtucket was an early and important center of textile manufacturing; the city is home to Slater Mill, a historic textile mill recognized for helping to found the Industrial Revolution in the United States. Name The name "Pawtucket" comes from the Algonquian word for "river fall." History The Pawtucket region was said to have been one of the most populous places in New England prior to the arrival of European settlers. Native Americans would gather here to catch the salmon and smaller fish that gathered at the falls. The first European settler here was Joseph Jenks, who came t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
