{"nrhp_refnum":"06001088","name":"Cohannet Mill No. 3","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"120 Ingell St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Taunton","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.88725965300006,"lon":-71.08631608799993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-11-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A former cotton textile mill complex at 120 Ingell Street in the Weir Village section of Taunton, Massachusetts, built in 1890-91 by Cohannet Mills. It has four brick buildings: the main mill with Picker Room, an Engine Room, a Boiler House and a freestanding Storehouse.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the complex as a well-preserved example of a 19th-century Taunton cotton mill built to the slow-burning construction standards of the Associated Factory Mutual fire insurers. It was the largest of the three Cohannet Mills, built after the firm's capital grew to $600,000 in 1890. The text also ties it to the city's late-19th-century textile industry and its local investors and political figures.","narrative":"Cohannet Mill No. 3 is a group of four reddish-brown brick buildings on a 6.57-acre site beside the Taunton River in Weir Village. The main mill, about 426 by 107 feet and three stories tall, is joined by a Picker Room, an Engine Room with smoke stack, a Boiler House and a separate Storehouse. Cohannet Mills, formed in 1874 by local investors, built it in 1890 after raising its capital to $600,000. It was the largest of the company's three mills. The structure follows the slow-burning construction promoted by factory mutual insurers, with heavy timber framing, masonry pier walls, fire walls, enclosed dust chimney and automatic sprinklers. Some features departed from the usual guidelines, including cast iron columns and open stairways. Tall, regularly spaced windows gave the spinning floors daylight. Original plans name no designer or contractor. In 2004-2005 a certified rehabilitation converted the main buildings to affordable apartments and commercial space, reversing many later alterations.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other/Panel Brick; minimal Romanesque Revival detailing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Main mill, engine and boiler rooms were rehabilitated in 2004-2005 as 64 affordable housing units and about 19,299 square feet of commercial office and retail space.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.895635-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/7944/63794460/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/06001088.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001088/da7ae2cddf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001088/da7ae2cddf-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robertson_Taunton.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robertson_Taunton.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794460","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohannet_Mill_No._3","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5141300"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/cohannet-mill-no-3-06001088/"}