Blackstone Canal Historic District - Grafton, MA - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Three mill villages existed in Grafton, known as Farnumsville, Fisherville and Saudersville. The canal effected the economics in Grafton with 951 tons of agriculatural and manufactured goods shipped from the town via the canal. Farmnumsville Cotton Mill was built 1844 to manufacture cotton. Fisherville is the smallest of the Grafton textile mill villages and was founded in 1830, it was a joint venture between Timothy McNamara and the Blackstone Canal Company. The village consisted of building a dam to create a mill pond that would feed both the canal and mill to be built. In 1831, McNamara sold his rights to Peter Farnum who built a brick factory, naming the company the Fisher Manufacturing Co. Industrial development began when David Wilkinson built his cotton mill in 1829. In 1835 E. Sauunders Cotton Co. mill was built.

Street address: Address Restricted Grafton , MA County / Borough / Parish: Worcester Year listed: 1995 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849 Historic function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape Current function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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