Shady Lea Mill

Shady Lea Mill is a repurposed mill in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Built as a fabric mill in the 1820s, the mill now houses over 40 active artists' studios.<ref>TRUBIA, ALEX. "OPEN FOR ART." Narragansett Times, The (Wakefield, RI), sec. News, 22 Nov. 2019, p. A3. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/177AB12D04C72500. Accessed 5 Feb. 2020.</ref> The mill was named Shady Lea in 1871 by it's third owner, Robert Rodman.

The mill initially produced low-grade fabrics sold to support the industry of slavery, and later sharecropping and mining during the gold rush.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independentri.com/independents/article_c717f953-fe72-5121-9537-1c95d1bdf985.html|title=The View From Swamptown: Once a textile mill, Shady Lea Mill has become an artist colony|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref> In the 20th century The mill, along with the other buildings, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 as the Shady Lea Historic District. The studio holds an annual open house.

Shady Lea Mill is the studio of David Mazzucchelli and Richmond Lewis.

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