In 1804, a company by the name of Blackstone Manufacturing Company (BMC) purchased 254 acres of land in what was called the South Parish of Mendon. This land would eventually be incorporated as part of the Town of Blackstone. During the 1800s the company opened for business using the Stone House as its textile mill.
In the late 1950s Earl Tupper purchased all of the land. He used the facility for his newly invented Tupperware products which were stored in the Stone House.
Earl Tupper built a recreation park on 12 of the acres of land to be enjoyed by his employees and their families. In the late 1980′s, Tupper sold the park to Blackstone Smithfield Corporation and it would remain virtually abandoned from 1988 until 1995.
Now part of the Blackstone Valley Boys and Girls Club facilities.
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