{"nrhp_refnum":"03000074","name":"Crosley-Garrett Mill Workers' Housing, Store and Mill Site","other_names":["Paper Mill House","Crosley, William Store and Mill Worker's House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Paper Mill Rd. and St. David's rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newtown Township","county":"Delaware County","state":"PA","lat":40.019341059000055,"lon":-75.40414663499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-02-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Historic - Non-Aboriginal"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex in Newtown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, comprising a stone workers' housing unit, an attached store, and the remains of 19th-century woolen and paper mills on a 4.4-acre tract beside Darby Creek. The housing unit dates from 1828 and the store from 1845.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex represents the shift from hand-produced goods to factory production in a rural community powered by water and steam, and that it was the largest early industrial complex in the township during the 19th century. It also holds archaeological potential for the mill remains, which are considered likely to yield information about the site's history.","narrative":"Beside Darby Creek in Newtown Township, Pennsylvania, a stone workers' housing unit built in 1828 stands joined to a store added in 1845. William Crosley built the housing for employees of his woolen mill, which operated from 1828 until a fire in 1861. Casper S. Garrett later built the Union Paper Mill on the north bank, producing wallpaper and card stock until another fire in 1889 destroyed it. The housing holds four family units around a shared central chimney, with corner fireplaces. The store is a small two-story building with a central entrance and 12-over-12 windows. The site is significant for its illustration of the change from hand production to water- and steam-powered factory work in a rural area. Its remaining mill foundations, a basin, anchor bolts and a millrace are considered likely to yield further information about the site. Since 1980 the buildings have been restored as a house museum.","period_of_significance":"1828-1889","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"EARLY REPUBLIC /Federal","criteria":["A","D"],"status_note":"Restored in the 1980s for use as a house museum by the Newtown Square Historical Preservation Society; the store is described as one space outfitted as a country store.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:38.111362-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/03000074.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000074/3a070e9c59-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000074/3a070e9c59-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"User:Smallbones on English Wikipedia.","credit_html":"User:Smallbones on English Wikipedia., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CrosleyGarrett_Mill.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996767","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosley%E2%80%93Garrett_Mill_Workers%27_Housing,_Store,_and_Mill_Site","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5188070"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/delaware-county/crosley-garrett-mill-workers-housing-store-and-mill-site-03000074/"}