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Pawtucket Neighborhood Walking Tour of Pleasant View
October 28, 2017 @ 10:30 am
Pleasant View Neighborhood tour
Saturday, October 28, 10:30am
meet at Sacred Heart Church at 38 Park Street
An 1827 map of Pawtucket, MA shows the Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike running northeast from the Main Street bridge into Attleboro. The land on either side of the road was sparsely developed. That changed in 1855 when a large subdivision of land west of present-day Broadway was developed as a residential area and was called the Pleasant View Purchase. The Greene & Daniels Company owned much of the land east of Broadway, where three-family homes were being built to house workers. A hundred years later the construction of 1-95 reversed all of this development; about 300 apartments were lost, and the neighborhood’s population was significantly decreased. The large textile mills that had been responsible for Pleasant View’s growth are now apartments, offices, and warehouses. Come with us to visit the landmarks that tell the rich story of Pleasant View. This 90-minute walk is just over one mile, starting at the Sacred Heart Church and ending at Our Lady of Consolation. The tour is free, but we ask that you RSVP by emailing pawtucketpreservation@gmail.com.