{"nrhp_refnum":"73001178","name":"Hanford Mill","other_names":["Kelso Mill"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"On CR 12","address_restricted":false,"city":"East Meredith","county":"Delaware County","state":"NY","lat":41.854279591500045,"lon":-74.88998031996329,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-03-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 50-acre industrial complex in East Meredith, Delaware County, New York, centered on a wood-frame saw and gristmill begun in the 1820s with later additions, plus a mill pond, raceway, depot, store, barns and a section of old railroad.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the mill as an outstanding, well-preserved industrial complex with much of its apparatus and records intact. It shows the technology and growth of a local saw and gristmill that used nearby water and wood to make goods for local use and wider sale. It also traces the mill's rise under 85 years of Hanford ownership and its decline after World War I.","narrative":"Hanford Mill is a 50-acre industrial complex at East Meredith, New York, built around a four-story wood-frame mill whose oldest section dates from the 1820s. Later additions came in the 1870s, 1880s and 1900s. The grounds include a raceway, a mill pond, a depot with grain elevator, a hardware store, barns, and a stretch of old railroad. Inside, an overshot steel waterwheel installed in 1925 powered belts that ran lathes, saws, sanders and grindstones, and two steam engines remain. The mill began as a small sawmill and grew after David Hanford bought it in 1860, adding a gristmill and woodworking equipment. Its workers made house parts, patterns for iron castings, and household goods, and the mill once generated electricity for the village. Business declined after World War I, and the mill was sold in 1945. It was listed as a well-preserved example of industrial technology, with machinery and records largely intact.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (mill from the 1820s; 20th century activity also described)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as altered, with preservation work in progress and operating as a museum at the time of nomination; the main building retains its original office, steam engines and woodworking machinery.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.824292-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/73001178.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001178/563e6e7027-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001178/563e6e7027-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Thomas L. Hayward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hanford_Mills_Museum.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas L. Hayward</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hanford_Mills_Museum.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317225","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanford_Mills","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5647799"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/delaware-county/hanford-mill-73001178/"}