National Register of Historic Places

New England Butt Company

Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
Listed
January 7, 1980
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
80000001

About this property

The New England Butt Company is a historic factory building at 304 Pearl Street in Providence, Rhode Island. It is a 3+1⁄2-story brick structure with a monitor roof, built in 1865 to designs by Spencer P. Read. The New England Butt Company originally manufactured cast iron butt hinges, but later changed to producing machinery for braiding and stranding wire. Many of the machines are still used today by wire companies throughout the world. The New England Butt Company factory building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The drawings for all of the stranding machinery were sold to Watson Machinery International in Paterson, New Jersey in the mid 1980s. The drawings for all of the braiding machines were sold to Wardwell Braiding Company in Central Falls, Rhode Island, at the same time. Watson went out of business in 2001 and the drawings were purchased by Kinrei of America, LLC. Today, information about the older stranding machines is available through Kinrei of America, LLC, in Wayne, New Jersey.

Location

304 Pearl St.
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
41.81509, -71.42227

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was New England Butt Company listed on the National Register?

New England Butt Company was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 7, 1980.

What type of historic resource is New England Butt Company?

New England Butt Company is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for New England Butt Company?

The period of significance for New England Butt Company is recorded as the industrial era.

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