Meadows Woods School
Goff also notes that shipyard workers tended to be family men as seen in early 19th century census records . Fifty workers at the Williams yard in 1822 were listed as head-of-household , clustered in the Meadow Woods and New City Street areas , creating a distinct neighborhood within walking distance to the yards . Expansion of the Williams shipyard led to the growth of the neighborhood known today as Meadow Woods , near the intersection of North Main Street , Book Hill Road and River Road . More than a dozen houses for both skilled and unskilled workers sprang up in this area circa 1800 , just as the Williams yard began to expand . For example , David Williams built his homestead on Mill Lane in 1798 , on the road leading to the mills . Russell Post built his home in 1803 near Book Hill Road , just 200 yards from the Williams Complex ; Ezra Williams ( one of Samuel ’ s sons ), lived in a home built in 1804 , just east of Book Hill Road .
At the foot of today ’ s New City Street , on what was once known as Denison ’ s Point , Richard P . Williams , Samuel ’ s grandson , operated a second , complementary Williams shipyard . His workers , too , lived near that shipyard on New City Street and along Kings Lane . These shipyard enclaves expanded community services with a store and wharf at the end of New City Street and a separate Meadow Woods School district for the children growing up near the shipyards .
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