Linwood, Massachusetts

Linwood is the name of a post office and village in the towns of Northbridge and Uxbridge, Massachusetts.

The zip code is 01525. Linwood is a village of both Uxbridgecite web |title= "Walking tours - Uxbridge"|publisher= Blackstone Daily |url= http://www.blackstonedaily.com/Outdoors&Nature/WTuxbridge.htm |accessdate= 2007-09-23] , Massachusetts, and Northbridge Massachusetts. The village of Linwood straddles the border of both towns. The village also borders, North Uxbridge. The village of Linwood was predominantly settled by French Canadians, who historically worked in the local textile industry.cite web |title= "Walking tours - Uxbridge"|publisher= Blackstone Daily |url= http://www.blackstonedaily.com/Outdoors&Nature/WTuxbridge.htm |accessdate= 2007-09-23] The Whitin Cotton Mills at Linwood were the principal Industry and are a good example of the Industrial architecture of the 19th century.

National Register listings

The Butler Block in Linwood is listed on the National Historic Register, under Uxbridge, Massachusetts. The Linwood Cotton Mills are also listed on the National Historic Register. The Linwood Historic District includes Late Victorian Structures, the Linwood Cotton Mills, and extends down Linwood Avenue to Pine and Maple.cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] The Blackstone Valley and Linwood are now part of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, the oldest industrialized region in the United States. The Blackstone Valley is New England's Historic National Park area. Built in 1866, the Linwood Mill was the crowning glory of James Fletcher Whitin and Charles Pinckney Whitin, sons of Colonel Paul and Betsy (Fletcher) Whitin. source: [http://www.blackstonevalleytribune.com/BVTA122107.pdf page 9, Blackstonevalleytribune, 12/21/07] For many years Paul Neuman and Joanna Woodward, who lived in Connecticut, loved to visit an old Victorian Inn near this historic mill.

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