office, and a public hall. Over the next several decades he influenced the construction and design of numerous additional buildings, accounting for more than half of the built environment of modern Peace Dale. Rowland Hazard II also was an initial investor in the Solvay Process Company, with works at Solvay, New York, and served as the company's first president. Peace Dale's mills operated for woolen manufacturing until 1948, when the manufacturing machinery was removed. The Hazard family also owned and operated the Narragansett Pier Railroad which connected their textile mills in Peace Dale and Wakefield to the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad at Kingston Station (Rhode Island) and to shipping at South Pier in the village of Narragansett Pier. Contributing properties Buildings in Peace Dale that are identified as contributing properties in the historic district include: Peace Dale Congregational Church, a Gothic Revival church built in 1870-72 on Columbia St. Peace Dale Manufacturing Company Barn, a secondary structure built in 1866, on Green St. Peace Dale Grammar School, a Colonial Revival school built in 1923, on Kersey Rd. Former Peace Dale Grammar School, built in 1902 at 8 Kersey Rd., later used for storage. Peace Dale Manufacturing Co. Water Power Sys., an energy facility built in the 1850s on Kingstown Rd. Hazard Memorial/Peace Dale Library, a Romanesque former auditorium, built in 1890-91 on Kingstown Rd. Peace Dale Office Building, built circa 1856 at 604 Kingstown Rd. General Isaac Peace Rodman House at 1789 Kingstown Rd. Peace Dale Woolen Mill, a Greek Revival factory built in 1847 at Kingstown Rd. and Columbia St. Peace Dale Railroad Station (former), built in 1875-76 on Railroad St. Peace Dale Pump House, a former water mill that was a restaurant and is now occupied by Shady Lea Guitars, a guitar oriented shop, studio, and performance venue located on Kingstown Rd. Gallery See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Rhode Island References Further reading A Stroll Through Memory Lane Vol. I by Oliver H. Stedman. West Kingston RI : Kingston Press c. 1978 Lost South Kingstown : with a history of ten of its early villages by Kathleen Bossy and Mary Keane. Kingston, R.I. : Pettaquamscutt Historical Society, c. 2004 History of Washington and Kent counties, Rhode Island by J.R. Cole. New York : W. W. Preston & Co., 1889 External links Town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island Peace Dale Presentation