Blackstone Valley Historical Society

History of the Original Arnold’s Lonsdale Bakery

In 1795, a gentleman by the name of Hezekiah Kent purchased a tract of land near the late
Reverend William Blackstone’s “Study Hill” site, just opposite the “Catholic Oak” on what is today Broad Street in the town of Cumberland. On this land, Hezekiah and his wife erected a house and barn.