{"nrhp_refnum":"12000391","name":"Adams Bag Company Paper Mill and Sack Factory","other_names":["Chase Bag Company. Ivex Paper Mill and Bag Factory"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"218 Cleveland St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chagrin Falls","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.43530396400007,"lon":-81.38559978699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-07-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A mid-nineteenth century paper mill and sack factory complex on the north bank of the Chagrin River at 218 Cleveland Street, Chagrin Falls, Ohio. The mill was rebuilt in 1859 by William T. Upham, and the complex also has a 1923 office building, a dam, a mill pond, an aqueduct, a tunnel and a retaining wall.","why_significant":"The complex is tied to more than a century of water-powered industry on the Chagrin River, from an 1842 flouring mill to the Adams Bag Company's paper and paper bag manufacturing. The Adams company controlled patented bag-making machinery and was central to a paper bag trust formed in 1887. The period of significance runs from the 1859 mill reconstruction to the 1932 sale to the Chase Bag Company.","narrative":"Along the Chagrin River in Chagrin Falls, a cluster of stone and brick industrial structures records more than a century of water-powered manufacturing. The site first held a flouring mill and dam built in 1842, later a woolen mill, and then a paper mill that burned in 1858. William T. Upham rebuilt it in 1859, and the Adams Bag Company later turned it into a major paper and paper bag producer. The surviving complex includes the sandstone Paper Mill Building with its 1910 concrete chimney, a 1923 brick office building, the dam, the mill pond, a 1913 aqueduct, a tunnel and a retaining wall. The mill's rubble sandstone walls most closely resemble the Romanesque style, while the office building is Commercial in style. The company held patents on bag-making machines and was central to an 1887 bag trust. Its significance period ends in 1932, when it was sold to the Chase Bag Company. The property is now vacant.","period_of_significance":"1859-1932","architect_builder":"William T. Upham (1859 mill reconstruction); 1923 office building architect unknown, possibly a company engineer; Hecker-Moon Company of Cleveland (1931 dam); Cleveland Construction Company (1913 aqueduct)","architectural_style":"Romanesque (paper mill); Commercial (1923 office building)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Current function listed as vacant; the office building interior has suffered neglect and vandalism, and the plaster has fallen from walls and ceilings.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.11582-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/12000391.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987913","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/adams-bag-company-paper-mill-and-sack-factory-12000391/"}