Wheelockville District, Uxbridge

Name: Wheelockville District
Address: Uxbridge, United States

#42 among attractions in Uxbridge

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The Wheelockville District is an historic district located at Mendon and Henry streets in the village of Wheelockville in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. It encompasses a collection of modest Federal and Greek Revival period worker housing, built primarily to house families of workers at the nearby Waucantuck Mill Complex. The oldest houses in the area were built c. 1825–35, and include cottages built by the mill owners. A second phase of growth between about 1860 and 1885 resulted in the construction of a number of buildings with vernacular Victorian elements, as well as the somewhat more ornate Italianate Wheelock House at 173 Mendon Street, which was built for a manager at another Uxbridge mill. The district runs roughly along Mendon Street from Hecla Street to the junction of Mendon and Henry Streets, and then along those two streets for about six houses. ()

Built: 1825 (199 years ago)Coordinates: 42°4'51"N, 71°36'53"W

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Wheelockville District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Uxbridge Town Hall, Stanley Woolen Mill, Cormier Woods, Uxbridge Free Public Library.

0.8 miSW
City hall
Uxbridge Town Hall, Uxbridge
21 min walk • Uxbridge Town Hall is the town hall of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, located at 45 South Main Street. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1879 and added to the historic registry 100 years later. Amos P. Cutting of Worcester was the architect. Ferry & Gardner of Springfield also submitted plans.
~1570 ftW
Park
Stanley Woolen Mill, Uxbridge
8 min walk • Stanley Woolen Mill is the common historic name applied to a defunct company based in southeastern Massachusetts and to the company's buildings which stand at the southern entrance to the Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park. The mill is an important footnote in the history of the textile industry in America.
1.3 miSE
Historical place
Cormier Woods, Uxbridge
35 min walk • Cormier Woods is a 175-acre open space preserve and historic 18th-century farm complex in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA, within the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor.
0.8 miW
Library
Uxbridge Free Public Library, Uxbridge
21 min walk • The Uxbridge Free Public Library is the public library in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. It opened in 1875. The first library in the town of Uxbridge was the Uxbridge Social and Instructive Library, managed by George Southwick at his store in the Quaker City section of South Uxbridge.
1 miNW
42°5'37"N • 71°37'26"W
Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park, Uxbridge
26 min walk • Historical place, State park, Park
0.9 miW
Neighbourhood
Uxbridge Common District, Uxbridge
23 min walk • The Uxbridge Common District is located in downtown Uxbridge, Massachusetts. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Historic buildings in this district include the Uxbridge Academy, Uxbridge Free Public Library, the Deborah A. Wheelock House, a blacksmith shop, the First Congregational Church, and the Unitarian Church.
0.9 miSW
Greek Revival architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
A. Chapin House, Uxbridge
24 min walk • The A. Chapin House is a historic house located at 36 Pleasant Street, in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
0.9 miSW
Greek Revival architecture
Zadock Taft House, Uxbridge
24 min walk • The Zadock Taft House is a historic house at 115 South Main Street in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. Probably built in the 18th century, it received its present Greek Revival styling in the 1840s or 1850s.
0.6 miW
Gothic Revival architecture
R. Farnum House, Uxbridge
15 min walk • The R. Farnum House is an historic house located at 22 Oak Street, in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. This 2+1⁄2 story wood-frame house was built c. 1875–80, and is a well-preserved local example of Gothic Revival styling.
~1500 ftW
Neighbourhood
Central Woolen Mills District, Uxbridge
8 min walk • The Central Woolen Mills District is a historic district in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA. The centerpiece of this historic district is the Stanley Woolen Mill, also known as the Central Woolen Mill, built by Moses Taft in 1852, and earlier by his father, Luke Taft, in 1833, on the banks of the Blackstone Canal.
1.5 miNW
Universities and schools
North Uxbridge School, Uxbridge
37 min walk • The North Uxbridge School, also known as the Virginia A. Blanchard School, is an historic school building at 87 East Hartford Avenue in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. Built in 1873 and enlarged in 1900, it served as a public school until 2002.

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Which popular attractions are close to Wheelockville District?

Nearby attractions include Central Woolen Mills District, Uxbridge (8 min walk), Stanley Woolen Mill, Uxbridge (8 min walk), R. Farnum House, Uxbridge (15 min walk), Uxbridge Town Hall, Uxbridge (21 min walk).