List of mills in Fall River, Massachusetts

The city of Fall River, Massachusetts once had over 100 cotton textile mills ^[1] and was the leading cotton textile center in the United States during the late 19th century and early 20th century. ^[2] There are currently approximately 63 mills remaining in the city. Many have been added to the National Register of Historic Places.^[3]

Existing mills

Ref#	Name	Image	Built	Location	Construction	NRHP Listing	Notes/current use
1	Algonquin Printing Company		1891	Middle Street	Red Brick	83000615	October 2010 fire. Main mill saved.
2	American Printing Company Mill No.7		1906	Anawan Street	Red Brick	83000617	Built over falls of Quequechan River; site of Anawan Mill
3	Arkwright Mill No. 1		1897	537 Quequechan	Fall River Granite	83000709	part of Quequechan Valley Mills Historic District
4	Ashworth Brothers Mill Complex		1910	Globe Mills Ave	Red Brick		manufactured carding machines
5	Barnard Mills		1874	Quarry Street	Fall River Granite	83000623	weave shed added in 1896; now "Tower Mill Outlet"
6	Border City Mill No. 1		1880	Ace Street	Red Brick	83004614	Replaced original mill that burned in 1877
7	Border City Mill No. 2		1873	Weaver Street	Red Brick	90000999	Converted into apartments in 1980s
8	Border City Mill No. 3		1888	North End	Red Brick	83004614	mixed industrial
9	Bourne Mill		1881	State Avenue	Fall River Granite	06001189	located in Tiverton, RI; converted into residences
10	Chace Mills		1872	Lewiston Street	Fall River Granite	83000648	formerly Arkwright; weave shed burned 1999, main mill saved
11	Charlton Mill		1910	Howe Street	Fall River Granite	83000650	Weave shed demolished. Last granite mill to be built in the city
12	Connanicut Weave Mill		1880s	Shaw Street	Red Brick
13	Cornell Mill		1889	Alden Street	Fall River Granite	83000659
14	Crescent Mill		1871	off Plymouth Ave	Fall River Granite	83000659	aka Merchants Mill No. 2 (1893)
15	Davis Mill No. 1		1902	749 Quequechan	Fall River Granite	83000709	part of Quequechan Valley Mills Historic District; current tenant: EC Pigments LLC
16	Davis Mill No. 2		1908	661 Quequechan	Fall River Granite	83000709	part of Quequechan Valley Mills Historic District
17	Davol Mill No. 1		1871	427 Plymouth Ave	Red Brick		Built in the Second Empire Style
18	Davol Mill No. 2		1867	427 Plymouth Ave	Red Brick		Built in the Second Empire Style
19	Durfee Mill No. 1		1866	Pleasant Street	Fall River Granite	83000664	largest complex in city
21	Durfee Mill No. 2		1871	Pleasant Street	Fall River Granite	83000664	largest complex in city
21	Durfee Mill No. 3		1881	Pleasant Street	Fall River Granite	83000664	largest complex in city
22	Fall River Bleachery		1872	Jefferson Street	Fall River Granite	83000667	(portion burned October 30, 1967)
23	Flint Mills No. 1		1882	Alden Street	Fall River Granite	83000669	1872 mill burned in 1882, rebuilt
24	Flint Mills No. 2		1880s	Alden Street	Fall River Granite	83000669
25	Foster Spinning Co.		1916	Cove Street	Red Brick	83000670
26	Globe Yarn Mills No. 1		1881	206 Globe Mills Ave	Red Brick
27	Globe Yarn Mills No. 2		1885	460 Globe St	Red Brick	83000671
28	Globe Yarn Mills No. 3			Griffin St	Red Brick	83000671
29	Granite Mill No. 2		1871	Bedford Street	Fall River Granite	83004610	formerly Anderson Little, Pepperell Mills
30	Granite Mill No. 3		1893	Bedford Street	Fall River Granite	83004610	formerly Globe Mfg. (modified)
31	Hargraves Mill No. 1		1888	Quarry Street	Fall River Granite	83000675	formerly Quaker Fabrics; aka Parker "C" mills
32	Heywood Narrow Fabric Co.		1890	275 Martine St	Red Brick
33	King Philip Mill No. 1		1871	Kilburn Street	Fall River Granite	83000687	later part of Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates
34	King Philip Mill No. 2		1871	Kilburn Street	Fall River Granite	83000687	later part of Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates
35	King Philip Mill No. 3			Kilburn Street	Red Brick	83000687	later part of Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates; Korber Hats
36	King Philip Mill No. 4			Kilburn Street	Fall River Granite	83000687	later part of Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates
37	Laurel Lake Mill No. 1		1881	Broadway	Fall River Granite	83004612
38	Laurel Lake Mill No. 2		1890s	Broadway	Fall River Granite	83004612
39	Mechanics Mill		1868	Davol Street	red brick	83000693	first mill constructed north of the city center. One of the former Quaker plants. Currently being converted to Commonwealth Landing.
40	Merino Mills		1875	Alden Street	Fall River Granite		Original name The Fall River Merino Co.
41	Metacomet Mill		1847	Anawan Street	Fall River Granite	83000617	aka Iron Works Mill #6; Oldest Remaining cloth-producing mill in City
42	Narragansett Mill No.1		1872	North Main St.	Red Brick	83000694	now medical offices
43	Narragansett Mill No.2		1872	North Main St.	Red Brick	83000694
44	Pilgrim Mills		1910	Pleasant Street	Red Brick	83000704	first fully electric powered mill in city; formerly Louis Hand Mfg
45	Richard Borden Mill No. 2		1889	Plymouth Ave	Fall River Granite		Currently Carter's, Billiards, Lazergate and others.
46	Sagamore Mill No. 1		1872	North End	Red Brick	83000713
47	Sagamore Mill No. 2		1881	North Main Street	Fall River Granite	83000712	Rebuilt in 1881 after fire destroyed original mill #2; formerly Joan Fabrics
48	Sagamore Mill No. 3		1882	North End	Fall River Granite	83000713	formerly Trina
49	Sanford Spinning Co. Mill No. 1		1891	Globe Mills Ave	Red Brick	83000714	aka American Cotton Fabric Corp.
50	Seaconnet Mills No. 1		1884	1 Fr. Devalle Blv	Fall River Granite	83000716	now known as Clover Leaf Office Park
51	Seaconnet Mills No. 2		1890s	1 Fr. Devalle Blv	Fall River Granite	83000716	formerly Bristol Probate and Family Court; office park
52	Shove Mills No. 1		1874	126 Shove St	Fall River Granite		Formerly Nira. Top three floors of mill and tower burnt in the 1946 fire and were removed.
53	Shove Mills No. 3		1897	Shove St	Fall River Granite
54	Stafford Mill No. 1		1872	County Street	Fall River Granite	83000718	attached weave shed
55	Stafford Mill No. 2		1872	County Street	Fall River Granite	83000718
56	Stevens Mfg. Co. 3		1910	Stevens Street	Red Brick	83000709	remaining portion; part of Quequechan Valley Mills Historic District
57	Tecumseh Mill		1866	Hartwell Street	Fall River Granite		converted into apartments in 1980s
58	Union Mill No. 1		1859	Pleasant Street	Fall River Granite	83000726	Nate Lions, other
59	Union Mill No. 2		1871	Pleasant Street	Fall River Granite	83000726	recently restored; medical offices
60	Wampanoag Mill No. 1		1872	420 Quequechan Street	Fall River Granite	83000729	with attached weave shed; main mill currently being converted into residences. The Curtain Lofts.
61	Wampanoag Mill No. 2		1877	69 Alden Street	Fall River Granite	83000729	formerly Fall River Knitting Mills. Parkers Candy building attached was destroyed in 2010 fire.
62	Wyoming Mills		1845	110 Chace St	Fieldstone	83004613	part of Marshall Hat complex; now Duro
63	Wyoming Mills-Marshall Hat Company Expansion		1890s	Chace St	Red Brick	83004613	part of Marshall Hat complex; now Duro

Other existing notable mill related structures

Ref#	Name	Image	Built	Location	Construction	NRHP Listing	Notes/current use
1	American Linen Co. Cotton Store House		1860s	Ferry Street	Field Stone
2	American Printing Co. Store Houses (3)		1890s	Anawan Street	Red Brick		Currently Narrows Center for the Arts and others.
3	American Printing Co. Machine shop		1890s	Water Street	Red Brick		Occupied by the Marine Museum at Fall River
4	Arkwright Mills Office		1897	Quequechan Street	Yellow Brick & Granite		Part of Quequechan Valley Mills Historic District
5	Davis Mills Office		1902	Quequechan Street	Yellow Brick & Granite		Part of Quequechan Valley Mills Historic District
6	Flint Mills Office		1880s	Alden Street	Fall River Granite
7	Oliver Chace's Thread Mill		1838	505 Bay Street		83000649	Part of a larger mill building that has since been demolished, later part of Conanicut Mills (NHRP listed)
8	Osborn Mill Store House		1872	Montaup Street	Fall River Granite
9	Stafford Mills Office		1873	County Street	Red Brick	83000718
10	Union Belt Company		1880s	Troy Street	Red Brick		manufactured leather belts for textile machinery

Non-extant mills

Ref#	Name	Image	Built	Destroyed	Location	Notes
1	American Linen Company Mill No.1		1852		Ferry Street	Granite mill. Swithed to print cloth production in 1858. Closed in 1929
2	American Linen Company Mill No.2		1862		Ferry Street	Granite mill. Fire June 29, 1876 damaged upper stories, pitched roof converted to flat roof in rebuild
3	American Print Works		1867	1941	Water Street	Granite mill destroyed by fire [4] on October 11-12, 1941; as part of Firestone Rubber Complex.
4	Anawan Mill		1825	1905	Anawan Street	destroyed by fire, rebuilt, demo'd in 1905 for APC Mill #7
5	Barnaby Mfg. Co.		1892	2010	Quequechan St	Granite mill buildings demolished. Formerly Frito-Lay and The Mill Stores Outlet
6	Bay State Print Works			1867	Globe Street	(aka Tiverton Print Works) site of Globe Yarn Mills; destroyed by fire, 1867
7	Charlton Mill Weave Shed				Howe Street	Granite construction, demolished
8	Conanicut Mills		1880		Shaw Street	Mill closed in 1926, weave mill remains. Mount Hope Mill and Oliver Chase Thread Mill part of this complex.
9	Estes Mill		1852	1940	Sucker Brook	destroyed by fire on June 7, 1940. Located near Fall River Bleachery.
10	Fall River Mfg. Co.		1868	1961	Anawan Street	original 1813 mill, rebuilt in 1868, destroyed by fire in 1961
11	Fall River Print Works		1826		Anawan Street	one of the eight original mills along the Quequechan Falls (aka Robeson Print Works)
12	Globe Manufactory		1811	1838	Kelley Park (former Slade pond)	first textile mill in city organized by Colonel Joseph Durfee, never very successful. Original wooden mill destroyed by fire in 1838[5]. The replacement stone structure pictured at left was often called the "first mill in Fall River". It was demolished in 1927.
13	Granite Mill No. 1		1875	1961	13th Street	site of former China Royal. Currently the site of Boston Market and CVS.
14	Hargraves Mill No. 2		1891	2009	Brayton Ave	Granite mill with brick mill expansion, formerly Quaker Fabrics Main Plant (highly modified) demolished, March 2009
15	Iron Works Mill No.1		1889	2011	Water Street	Red brick mill demolished by Boremco in May 2011
16	Iron Works Mill No. 2		1892	1973	Water Street	Red brick mill destroyed by fire on March 9, 1973
17	Iron Works Mill No. 3		1893	2008	Water Street	Red brick mill demolished by Boremco in October 2008
18	Iron Works Mill No. 4		1894	1941	Water Street	Red brick mill destroyed by fire on October 11-12, 1941; as part of Firestone Rubber Complex
19	Iron Works Mill No. 5		1902	1941	Water Street	Red brick mill destroyed by fire on October 11-12, 1941; as part of Firestone Rubber Complex
20	Kerr Thread Mill No.1		1888	1987	Martine Street	aka American Thread Co.; destroyed by fire January 12, 1987 (the center "gray" mill, home to the Kerr Mill Outlet store)
21	Kerr Thread Mill No.2		1899	1987	Martine Street	aka American Thread Co.; destroyed by fire January 12, 1987[6] (the "red" mill, furthest west)
22	Kerr Thread Mill No.3		1907	1987	Martine Street	aka American Thread Co.; destroyed by fire January 12, 1987 (the "white" mill, furthest east)
23	Lincoln Manufacturing Co.		1907	1950s	Jefferson Street	Two granite mills demolished. Located near Resco Printing building
24	Massasoit Steam Mill		1846	1960s	Davol Street	Sold to Massasoit Manufacturing Co. Converted to cotton waste plant.
25	Merchants Mill		1866	1934	Pleasant Street	Unique granite mill building designed with French style towers and a mansard roof. Destroyed by fire on January 29, 1934. Was one of the largest mill buildings in the city
26	Montaup Mill		1871	1940	Cook Pond	became Osborn Mill #2 (1886) The red brick mill which was destroyed by fire March 25, 1940
27	Mount Hope Mill		1867		Bay Street	Manufactured shirtings. According to 1877 map of the city this mill was the building attached to the Oliver Chase Thread Mill. (aka the Oliver Chase Mill)
28	Osborn Mill No. 1		1872		Montaup Street	Granite mill did not burn in the 1940 fire. Has since been demolished
29	Parker Mill		1895	2009	Jefferson Street	Granite mill demolished, March 2009
30	Pocasset Mills		1843	1928	Pocasset Street	original mill built 1821, burned, rebuilt in 1842; destroyed by fire in 1928 (origin of Great Fall River Fire of 1928)
31	Quequechan Mill		1826		Pocasset Street	originally part of Pocasset Mill; later FR MFG. Co.; later Massasoit
32	Richard Borden Mill No. 1		1871	1981	Rodman Street	Granite double tower mill destroyed by fire November 5, 1981. Formerly Arlan's. (currently McDonald's, Sullivan Tire Co.)
33	Robeson Mill No. 1		1866	2001	Hartwell Street	Red brick tower mill demolished in 2001; aka Luther MFG Co. (1903) Currently Gas Station, Car Wash and Chinese restaurant.
34	Robeson Mill No. 2		1903	1990s	Hartwell Street	Granite mill demolished in 1990s; site of Walgreens & Applebee's
35	Sanford Spinning Co. Mill No. 2		1890	2000s	Globe Mills Ave	Red brick mill demo'd for new middle school
36	Shove Mill No. 2		1881	1940	Cook Pond	Granite mill destroyed by fire October 16, 1946
37	Slade Mill		1871		Globe Street	(aka Ancona, 1903) Closed 1927. Currently Globe Fire Station is located on the site
38	Stevens Mfg. No. 1		1892	2000s	Stevens Street	Red brick mill demolished for new housing (portions remain) One of the buildings in this complex burned in the mid 1990's(Bristol Finishing).
39	Stevens Mfg. No. 2		1892	2000s	Stevens Street	Red brick mill demolished for new housing (portions remain)
40	Tecumseh Mill No. 2		1873	1990s	Rodman Street	Granite mill demolished in 1990s for Stop & Shop; formerly Mason's Furniture
41	Tecumseh Mill No. 3		1880s	1990s	Rodman Street	Granite mill demolished in 1990s for Stop & Shop; formerly Mason's Furniture
42	Troy Mills No.1		1821	1960s	Troy Street	demolished in 1960s for Interstate 195 (original mill built in 1813 burned and replaced with mill of fieldstone construction)
43	Troy Mills No.2		1860	1960s	Troy Street	demolished in 1960s for Interstate 195
44	Union Cotton Factory		1813	1838	Cook Pond	4th cotton mill in city; burned in 1838, site of Laurel Lake Mills
45	Union Mill No.3		1879	1961	Pleasant Street	Granite mill demolished in 1960s for Interstate 195.
46	Wamsutta Steam Woolen Mill		1846	1961	Blossoms Lane	later Massasoit MFG. Co. Demolished for Interstate 195
47	Watuppa Mill				Anawan Street	one of the eight original mills along the Quequechan Falls (aka Massasoit Mill)
48	Weetamoe Mill		1870	1940	Davol Street	Red brick mill destroyed by fire on February 6, 1940

See also

• Fall River, Massachusetts
• History of Fall River, Massachusetts
• List of Registered Historic Places in Fall River, Massachusetts
• List of mills in Oldham

References

1. ^ List of Mills
2. ^ Cotton Mill Statistics
3. ^ NRHP Listings; Bristol County MA
4. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=American_Printing_Company_(Fall_River_Iron_Works)&section=4#Decline
5. ^ A Centennial History of Fall River, Mass., Henry H Earl, 1877
6. ^ ATMC History Page