Structures of the type Mill
Allendale Mill, Centerdale Rhode Island
Date added:August 13, 2010
The Allendale Mill was built in 1822 by Zachariah Allen for the manufacture of woolens. During its existence it has also served as a cotton mill. The building is particularly important as the earliest known example of the "slow-burning" construction technique, Allen used wood beams of large cross-section, thick floor planking and shingles set in mortar, as innovations to increase the fire resistance of the mill structure and roof sheathing.
The original building is rectangular (37'-6" x 160'-6"), five stories high. The exterior walls are load-bearing stone, random coursing, whitewashed. The interior is the earliest known "slowburning" construction.
More...Crown Roller Mill, Minneapolis Minnesota
Date added:July 27, 2010
Completed in I88O, the Crown Roller Mill is historically significant for its unusual architectural detailing and close association with Minneapolis' "West Side Milling District." As one of the largest and best equipped of the West Side mills, the Crown Roller Mill helped establish Minneapolis as the flouring capital of the United States. Befitting its importance, the Crown possesses a full mansard roof, segmental-arched windows, and other architectural details which mark it as the "architectural gem" of the West Side, where most flour mills were plain, utilitarian structures. Currently, the Crown is one of only four flour mills still standing on the West Side, and is thus an important artifact of the area's past.
The West Side Milling District lies on the west bank of the Mississippi River, adjacent to the Falls of St. Anthony. It is bounded by the river, Fourth Avenue South, South Second Street, and Eighth Avenue South. The Minneapolis Mill Company acquired the land in 1856 to gain riparian title to half the waterpower of the falls. The other half of the waterpower belonged to the St. Anthony Falls Water Power Company, which owned land on the opposite shore of the river.
More...Davol Mills, Fall River Massachusetts
Date added:December 10, 2009
The Davol Mills are the only remaining major mill structures in the city with French mansard roofs. The No. 1 Mill was built of brick in 1867-68, and three years later the No, 2 Mill was built. The original brick structures consisted of a basement or ground floor with three stories above; later an upper floor was built of frame construction at the mansard roof level. The boiler house and storehouses along Plymouth Avenue and Morgan Street were added 1890 to 1909.
Dimensions of the major wings: No. 1: 73'-0" X 225'-0"; ground floor plus four stories. No. 2: 73'-0" X 214'-0" (oblique); ground floor plus four stories. The exterior load-bearing walls are of red brick, 2'-1 1/2" (first) to 1'-5 1/2" (third) in thicknesses in the window spandrels; between the windows the walls are 4" thicker. Header bonding courses are spaced quite at random.
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Durfee Mills, Fall River Massachusetts
Gerber Sheet Metal Works Building, Minneapolis Minnesota
Harmony Manufacturing Company Mill #3 (Mastodon Mill), Cohoes New York
Hopkins Mill, West Greenwich Rhode Island
Lawrence Machine Shop (Everett Mills), Lawrence Massachusetts
Lippitt Mill, West Warwick Rhode Island
Minneapolis Boiler Works Building, Minneapolis Minnesota
Newport Steam Factory, Newport Rhode Island
Pillsbury 'A' Mill, Minneapolis Minnesota
Sound Democrat Mill, Silverton Colorado
Standard Mill, Minneapolis Minnesota
Troy Mill, Troy Minnesota
Union Mills, Fall River Massachusetts