A brand new ‘House’ for adorning concepts opens in Sutton’s Manchaug Village

Hellen Wadman

SUTTON — This outdated stone constructing nonetheless has rings on its exterior partitions to tie a horse’s reins. Inside, there are arches from the times when a part of the constructing served as a Catholic church. The constructing on a hill that overlooks Manchaug Village and the Blackstone River has […]

This one-time market, post office and Catholic church in Manchaug is now home to District V House, a home decor business.

SUTTON — This outdated stone constructing nonetheless has rings on its exterior partitions to tie a horse’s reins.

Inside, there are arches from the times when a part of the constructing served as a Catholic church.

The building at 356 Manchaug Road has served as a market, post office, social hall and a Catholic church over the years.

The constructing on a hill that overlooks Manchaug Village and the Blackstone River has served many functions because it was constructed within the 1800s, from the aforementioned church to municipal places of work and a normal retailer.

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Right now, it serves as the brand new dwelling for District V Home, a dwelling design retail retailer.

Proprietor Janice Burke, who was born and raised in Worcester’s District 5, has spent most of her grownup life as an inside designer. She determined to open a house decor retail website to mix her love for design and “all issues dwelling.”

“I seemed throughout Worcester” to discover a appropriate location, stated Burke. After some analysis, she discovered what she was searching for — loads of house, parking, “a very nice location.”

Jamie Burke, owner of District V House, decided to combine her experience in interior design with wares from local vendors.

Historical past of the situation

In accordance with the Sutton Historic Society, the Manchaug Firm Retailer Constructing at 356 Manchaug Highway was constructed circa 1868 by the B. B. & R. Knight Firm (the biggest personal cotton producer on this planet as reported by the New York Occasions within the early a part of the twentieth century).

A view of the center of Manchaug Village, with the store on the right.

The constructing at numerous occasions housed a normal retailer and market, village library, publish workplace, along with serving as a gathering and polling place. 

All of the tough ashlar granite used within the Manchaug constructing building was quarried proper within the Manchaug space off Whitins and Putnam Hill roads.

The group corridor on the second flooring, which seated 300, hosted performs, musicals, dances and different group gatherings. 

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