The Visit

Greenville Finishing Company Complex was owned by an absentee landlord that inherited it from his father (name ?). It was then owned for a short time by Sal Soloman…then sold to a a group of four guys (Northborough Recovery Services) with big plans for retail.

The main building office is 401-949-0404. Some of the tenants include: the Greenville Antique Center (8 years) (401-949-4999), KBox Karate, Waynes Cards & Comics, Forge Signs (401-949-8989), R & S Storage (401-949-7867), Worthland Fire & Saftey, and the Purple Piano (401-949-3988).

A small waterfall on the left caught my attention and I saw a makeshift bridge and trail along the water. I could see remnants of a mill trash pile with exposed rusted metal and buckets probably filled with chemicals. Large pipes hanging out of the side falling apart. Very rocky, another bridge of logs with cable wire attached between 2 trees, rocky, thorny path that crossed back over to a steep hill.

I wander into the Purple Piano. Set up as part retail, part consignment art and musical equipment, they offer music lessons, yoga, piano repair and art & music therapy. They came to this space the past June and opened their doors by mid September 2003. The space was used as a storage for cars and car parts. The back room they sectioned off into practice rooms, offices and hallways. They now have 150 students attending and have independently contracted teachers. The owner's specialty is piano. He is also an avid collector of vintage pianos. The atmosphere was homey and comfortable.

They had an innovative idea with a roof leaking problem: trying to get things fixed in the building has been difficult, so after coming in to find a leak on one of the vintage pianos, they took a trip to the hardware store to rig up a water trap that goes to an outdoor gutter and with tubing and drainage collection pipes.

Some architectural details

An older three-story granite mill with a monitor roof, now covered up with vinyl siding, probably dating from early 1800s, with a central loading tower and stairway. Other brick and mortar updates, probably between 1880 and 1920.

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