French Worsted Company Mill Historic District in a historic district at 153 Hamlet Avenue in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
The district features a mill complex constructed between 1906 and 1939 with the backing of Woonsocket politician Aram Pothier, who convinced French investors to support the mill. The mill district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 21, 2008.
As of March 6, 2012, this series of buildings are being demolished.
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