Recent News

A fire all but gutted the two-story complex this Wednesday, March 28th. Click here for the full story in the Pawtucket Times.

Current Events

Looks to me like this complex has been out of use for a few years. One of the doors mentions “Standardized Uniform Service” and another alludes to “Perry Blackburn, Inc.” & “Pee Bee Industries”. This complex was called the Lily Pads, and for a time they were planned to be developed into live/work condominiums.

This complex, along with New England Paper Tube, is part of the Conant Street Industrial Park. There are many complexes of buildings around this area, and it is very industrial in nature, and it is a little out of the ways from Downtown Pawtucket, so it is unlikely that it will develop into a mixed residential and retail neighborhood.

History

Building type: Two-story brick with minimum pitch roof and overhang. 6 over 6 double-hung windows in segmental arched opening with granite stone sills.

Originally the Easton and Burnham Machine Company. (Source: Pawtucket Mill Building survey, prepared by the Preservation Society of Pawtucket, 1990)

Anecdotes

Kurt R Bryson Mar 6, 2008 My Parents Russell & Elaine Bryson Ran Our Metal Finishing Company Currier Industrials on The Conant St Side for a few Years in The early 1980s. At That time The building was owned By The Percelay Family. Abe Percelay Ran his used Machinery Business Associated Machine, Who I later worked for as a Teenager in Summer and Afterschool when he moved to Dunnell Lane. Brian Sheppard Ran His New England Paint Manufacturing on the opposite end of the Building. I have fond memories of those times When People had a much better sense of Community. They all helped each other and looked out for each other. I can only hope those values will return to our society sometime in the Future. Rest in Peace Russell Bryson, Elaine Bryson, Abe Percelay.

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