{"nrhp_refnum":"73001631","name":"Searight's Fulling Mill","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Cemetery Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Perryopolis","county":"Fayette County","state":"PA","lat":40.08375826300005,"lon":-79.74464441699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-06-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story, gable-roofed sandstone fulling mill in Perryopolis, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, built about 1810. It is a bank-type structure with the upper floor at ground level at the front and the lower floor at the rear.","why_significant":"The nomination describes it as an early fulling mill of Western Pennsylvania and a fine example of a small fulling mill. It represents the water-powered mills that processed coarse wool. Its operation was made obsolete by the factory system and railway transportation, and the form notes it was restored toward its original condition.","narrative":"Built about 1810 of sandstone in Perryopolis, Fayette County, this two-and-a-half-story gable-roofed fulling mill is built into a slope, with its upper floor at ground level at the front and its lower floor at the rear. It measures about 20 by 30 feet, with walls at least 24 inches thick on the lower level. A stone-lined drainage ditch runs beneath a semicircular arch with keystone. Inside are two fireplaces and original floor joists. The mill was designed around an overshot water wheel that lifted mallets to beat cloth. Thomas Cook leased it to William Searight in 1814. Searight ran the fulling business until factory-made cloth and railway transport undercut his prices, and he closed the mill in the late 1820s. Its significance lies in its representation of a small rural water-powered wool mill that was made obsolete by industrial change.","period_of_significance":"c. 1810","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored to original appearance; interior restoration and a water wheel were planned or in progress at the time of the form.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.831009-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/73001631.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001631/360a9a3313-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001631/360a9a3313-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Generic1139","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Searight_Fulling_Mill.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Generic1139</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:Searight_Fulling_Mill.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996910","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searight%27s_Fulling_Mill","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7441753"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/fayette-county/searights-fulling-mill-73001631/"}