{"nrhp_refnum":"07001366","name":"Croswell-Parsons Paper Mill Ruin","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"NY 144","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Baltimore","county":"Greene County","state":"NY","lat":42.46135992300003,"lon":-73.79939273199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-01-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Historic - Non-Aboriginal"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A ruined 19th-century paper mill site on the east bank of Hannacroix Creek in New Baltimore, Greene County, New York, in operation from about 1815 to 1897. It includes mill foundation ruins, a head race and a dam site.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the site is significant for its link to the long industrial development of the Coeymans area and its use of the creek's water power. It is one of the few surviving remnants of the mills that once lined the Hannacroix and Coeymans Creeks. Because it has been largely undisturbed since closing in 1897, it may yield information about the straw paper industry, mill building types and industrial and hydro technology.","narrative":"Along the east bank of Hannacroix Creek in New Baltimore, Greene County, lie the remains of a paper mill that operated from about 1815 until 1897. Today the site is reached only by hiking trails in the Hannacroix Creek Preserve. The surviving features include foundation sections of a main building with its wheel pit, two wings, chimney remnants, a head race about 306 feet long cut through rock, and the dam site marked by iron pins in the rock at the top of the lower falls. The mill began as a grist and saw mill, was converted to paper under Nathanial Bruce, and later passed through several owners, including James Croswell and Stephen Parsons. Fires twice damaged it, and a new water works agreement in 1897 ended its water rights. The site is valued as a rare survivor of the area's milling industry and for its potential to reveal details of paper-making technology and mill construction.","period_of_significance":"1815-1897","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Ruin; the site is accessible only by hiking trails within the Hannacroix Creek Preserve and has seen little activity for over a century.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.943906-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/07001366.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317940","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croswell-Parsons_Paper_Mill_Ruin","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5188923"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/greene-county/croswell-parsons-paper-mill-ruin-07001366/"}