Northeast

Pawtucket

Providence County, RI

Population

75,176

Walk Score

89 · Very Walkable

Median rent

$1,081

Median home value

$266,300

Founded

1671

Pawtucket is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 75,604 at the 2020 census, making the city the fourth-largest in the state. Pawtucket borders Providence and East Providence to the south, Central Falls and Lincoln to the north, and North Providence to the west. The city also borders the Massachusetts municipalities of Seekonk and Attleboro.

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On the National Register

Historic districts

  • Church Hill Industrial District · listed 1982
  • Church Hill Industrial District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2011
  • Conant Thread-Coats & Clark Mill Complex District · listed 1983
  • Downtown Pawtucket Historic District · listed 2007
  • Exchange Street Historic District · listed 2002
  • Jenckes Spinning Company · listed 2018
  • Old Slater Mill · listed 1966
  • Prospect Heights Housing Project · listed 2015
  • Quality Hill Historic District · listed 1984
  • Slater Park · listed 1976
  • South Street Historic District · listed 1983

Notable landmarks

  • Adams, John E., House · listed 1983
  • Art's Auto · listed 1978
  • Bridge Mill Power Plant · listed 1983
  • Burnham, G.A., House · listed 1983
  • Childs-Brown House · listed 1983
  • Church Hill Grammar School · listed 2010
  • Collyer Monument · listed 1983
  • Crandall, Lorenzo, House · listed 1984
  • Division Street Bridge
  • Division Street Bridge · listed 1983
  • Donwell’s Diner-Worcester Lunch Car Company Diner No. 774 · listed 2021
  • Exchange Street Bridge
  • Fifth Ward Wardroom · listed 1983
  • Fire Station No. 4 · listed 1983
  • First Ward Wardroom · listed 1983
  • Foster-Payne House · listed 1983
  • Fuller Houses · listed 1983
  • Gately Building · listed 2012
  • Gilbane's Service Center Building · listed 1983
  • Hope Webbing Company Mill · listed 2006
  • Kotzow, Louis, House · listed 1983
  • Leroy Theatre · listed 1983
  • Liberty Arming the Patriot · listed 2001
  • Lorenzo Grandall
  • Main Street Bridge · listed 1983
  • …and 28 more

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