Lippitt, Rhode Island

Lippitt, Rhode Island is a village[1] within the town of West Warwick, Rhode Island.

[2] During the Depression following of War of 1812, the Lippitt Manufacturing Company survived by supplying yarn to convict weavers in the Vermont prison.

The original mill and several of the workers row houses still survive.

[3] The Mill is on the National Register of Historic Places,[4] and is one of the earliest textile mills in Rhode Island.

It is one of the oldest American textile mills still used for manufacturing.