Union Mills (Fall River, Massachusetts)

Union Mills (Fall River, Massachusetts)

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caption = Union Mill No. 2
location= Fall River, Massachusetts
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 41
lat_seconds = 44
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71
long_minutes = 8
long_seconds = 32
long_direction = W
locmapin = Massachusetts
area =
built =1857
architect= Brown,Josiah; Davol,Wm. C.
architecture= Italianate
added = February 16, 1983
governing_body = Private
mpsub=Fall River MRA
refnum=83000726cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Union Mills is a historic textile mill complex located on Pleasant Street in Fall River, Massachusetts.

The Union Mills company was incorporated in 1859, and was the first large steam-powered mill built in the city, having installed Corliss steam engines. It was constructed from native Fall River granite. The company's first president was S. Angier Chace, and David Anthony was the first treasurer. [ [http://www.sailsinc.org/durfee/phillips2-14.pdf Phillips History of Fall River] ] It was the first mill corporation established in the city on the basis of general subscriptions. [ [http://www.sailsinc.org/durfee/earl5.pdf Earle History of Fall River, 1877] ]

In 1865, Mill No. 2 was constructed. In 1876 the original gable roofs of both mills were removed and replace with flat roofs, thereby adding additional floor space. [ [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=hhdatapage&fileName=ma/ma0100/ma0126/data/hhdatapage.db&recNum=1&itemLink=D?hh:2:./temp/~ammem_CIBu:: HABS Record, 1968] ] A third mill was also later constructed adjacent to Mill No. 2, but was demolished in the 1960s for the construction of Interstate 195.

Production of textiles ceased in 1929.

In 1968 the site was photographed by Jack E. Boucher of the Historic American Buildings Survey, along with the adjacent Durfee Mills.

The site was added to the National Historic Register in 1983.

Mill No.1 is currently occupied by numerous small businesses, including [http://www.natelionswarehouse.com/why_shop.html Nate Lions Appliance Warehouse]

Mill No.2 has been completely restored and is now the location of [http://www.prima-care.com/index.php Prima CARE Medical Center]

ee also

*List of Registered Historic Places in Fall River, Massachusetts
*List of mills in Fall River, Massachusetts

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