Crescent Mill

Crescent Mill
Location Fall River, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°41′51″N 71°8′49″W / 41.69750°N 71.14694°W / 41.69750; -71.14694Coordinates: 41°41′51″N 71°8′49″W / 41.69750°N 71.14694°W / 41.69750; -71.14694
Built 1872
Architectural style Italianate
MPS Fall River MRA
NRHP Reference #

83000659

[1]
Added to NRHP February 16, 1983

Crescent Mill is an historic cotton textile mill located at 30 Front Street in Fall River, Massachusetts.

The mill was organized in 1871 and built in 1872 from native Fall River granite in the Italianate style. It is a long rectangular four-story structure, built out of rough-cut stone, except for its six-story tower, which is fashioned out of dressed ashlar granite. The top floor has an unusual column-free space, made possible by suspending the ceiling from the roof trusses.[2] It had a capacity of 33,280 spindles. Benjamin Covel served as the company's first president. The mill was sold to Merchants Manufacturing Company in 1893, and became known as Merchant's Mill No. 3.[3] It closed in 1931.[2]

The Crescent Mill was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Crescent Mill". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  3. ↑ Phillips History of Fall River
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