Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates

President William McKinley laid a cornerstone for the mill but was forced to cut his visit short by his wife's illness.

[2] In 1929, Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company merged with the Valley Falls Company of Rhode Island, founded by Oliver Chace, to form Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates, which was then led by Malcolm Greene Chace.

[3] In 1930, the company acquired King Philip Mills in Fall River, Massachusetts.

[5] Unlike many New England textile companies that failed during the 1920s and 1930s, Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates survived the Great Depression intact.

[11] The development has not started, awaiting permit applications and funding and the building remains vacant (as of 2023).