{"nrhp_refnum":"09001271","name":"Victory Mills","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"42 Gates Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Schuylerville","county":"Saratoga County","state":"NY","lat":43.09117398800004,"lon":-73.59157597267966,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-01-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story reinforced concrete and brick factory building at 42 Gates Avenue in Schuylerville (village of Victory), Saratoga County, New York, built in 1918 for the American Manufacturing Company.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the mill is a rare surviving example of early twentieth century industrial construction in Victory and marks the peak of milling operations begun there in the 1840s. It is also significant as a 'daylight factory' of fire-resistant reinforced concrete, with an embellished Mission-style water tower. Architect William Higginson is credited with the design.","narrative":"Rising five stories beside Fish Creek on Gates Avenue, this 1918 factory in the village of Victory was built of reinforced concrete and brick for the American Manufacturing Company, a Brooklyn rope and bagging maker that bought the mills in 1910. The building measures about 282 by 157 feet and holds roughly 210,000 square feet. Its concrete frame shows as a light grid filled with narrow windows and panels, and six towers rise above the roof, including a Mission-style water tower with decorative coping. Inside, wide open floors with massive wooden columns reflect its practical design. The site had hosted textile milling since the 1840s, and the village grew around the mill, which long dominated the local economy. The building is recognized as a daylight factory, a type designed to be strong, durable and fire resistant, and as an example of industrial architecture attributed to William Higginson. It is currently vacant.","period_of_significance":"1918-29","architect_builder":"William Higginson, architect, Brooklyn, NY (attributed)","architectural_style":"No Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant/not in use; interior is open warehouse space with some office and locker areas.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:47.845037-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/09001271.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09001271/b0ee891b07-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09001271/b0ee891b07-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Peter Flass","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Victory_Mills_1918.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Flass</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Victory_Mills_1918.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"66000569","name":"Saratoga National Historical Park","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/saratoga-national-historical-park-66000569/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321645","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Mills","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7927517"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/saratoga-county/victory-mills-09001271/"}