The village of Gilbertville grew up around a wooltextile mill on the Ware River founded in the 1860s by George H. Gilbert, who already had wool factories in nearby Ware. His Gilbert Manufacturing Company built a Congregational church and a library for his workers, and also helped build the local high school. As many Catholic immigrants came to work in the mills, St. Aloysius Church was established to serve them. The wool industry had already begun to decline by 1938, when a flood destroyed much of the village.[2]
gilbertville, historic, district, historic, district, roughly, main, church, high, north, broad, bridge, streets, gilbertville, massachusetts, within, hardwick, massachusetts, district, added, national, register, historic, places, 1991, nearby, ware, hardwick,. Gilbertville Historic District is a historic district roughly on Main Church High North Broad and Bridge Streets Gilbertville Massachusetts within Hardwick Massachusetts The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 The nearby Ware Hardwick Covered Bridge is also on the National Register of Historic Places Gilbertville Historic DistrictU S National Register of Historic PlacesU S Historic districtGilbertville mill in 2011Show map of MassachusettsShow map of the United StatesLocationHardwick MassachusettsCoordinates42 18 24 N 72 12 32 W 42 30667 N 72 20889 W 42 30667 72 20889ArchitectGilbert Manufacturing Co Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals Late Victorian Gothic RevivalNRHP reference No 91001848 1 Added to NRHPDecember 26 1991The village of Gilbertville grew up around a wool textile mill on the Ware River founded in the 1860s by George H Gilbert who already had wool factories in nearby Ware His Gilbert Manufacturing Company built a Congregational church and a library for his workers and also helped build the local high school As many Catholic immigrants came to work in the mills St Aloysius Church was established to serve them The wool industry had already begun to decline by 1938 when a flood destroyed much of the village 2 See also EditNational Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County MassachusettsReferences Edit National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service April 15 2008 Town of Hardwick History Retrieved December 2 2011 This article about a National Register of Historic Places listing in Worcester County Massachusetts is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gilbertville Historic District amp oldid 1169065505, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
