Old Schwamb Mill

Old Schwamb Mill
Old Schwamb Mill
The Old Schwamb Mill in 2009
Location: 17 Mill Lane and 29 Lowell St
Arlington, Massachusetts
NRHP Reference#: 71000081
Added to NRHP: October 7, 1971

The Old Schwamb Mill is the oldest continuously operating mill site in the United States. There has been a mill operating at this site since c.1650. The current mill is a well-preserved 19th-century woodworking factory. It is located at 17 Mill Lane, Arlington, Massachusetts.

The mill was built in 1861, and purchased by brothers Charles and Frederick Schwamb in 1864 for the manufacture of circular and elliptical picture frames. It remained within the family's ownership and continued to operate, more or less unchanged in both equipment and processes, until 1969. Two wings were added during this time, however: one by 1881, and the other between that date and 1898.

The mill still contains operational equipment and four preserved power systems.

See also

  • Old Schwamb Mill.

  • Interior scene.

  • An outbuilding

References

  • Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) MASS, 9-ARL, 4-, Old Schwamb Mill, Stuart Campbell (historian) and Richard K. Anderson, Jr., (photographer), Library of Congress online collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ma1024

Coordinates: 42°25′30.30″N 71°10′40.58″W / 42.425083°N 71.1779389°W / 42.425083; -71.1779389

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