The Boylston Rooms take their name from the West Boylston Company, and we are proud to be a part of the history of these mills. We honor the spirit of great endeavors and new beginnings that still stands today.
Founded in 1814, The West Boylston Company was a large cotton textile manufacturer in the town of West Boylston, Massachusetts. At the turn of the century the company faced a crisis: the site of their mill would be flooded to form the Wachusett Reservoir, which would create a major water source for the city of Boston.
Instead of abandoning the mill, the company dismantled it brick by brick and shipped it by train to its new home in Easthampton, where it was rebuilt on the banks of the Lower Mill Pond. Between 1900-1907, the West Boylston Company built the huge complex of mills on Pleasant Street, many of which contain the original bricks from the circa 1814 mill in West Boylston.
Now, a century later, The Boylston Rooms retains the integrity of the original mill in every brick and beam. The noise of the industrial looms has been replaced with the music of celebration as couples begin their own stories, weaving a future together.
