Pontiac Mills
A landmark on Knight St, in the middle of things: 49 places within a five-minute walk. One of 59 history & landmarks in Warwick.















On the National Register since 1972

Pontiac Mills
Pontiac Mills was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jun 5, 1972. It is significant for its industry and architecture at the state level.
Pontiac Mills is a historic textile mill complex on Knight Street in the village of Pontiac, Rhode Island within the city of Warwick. The mills produced the original Fruit of the Loom brand of cloth. The current mills were built beginning in 1863 by Robert Knight and Benjamin Knight (B.B. & R. Knight Company) to replace a smaller textile mill they had acquired from US Senator John Hopkins Clarke. Robert Knight, for…
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334 Knight St
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