{"nrhp_refnum":"83000694","name":"Narragansett Mills","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1567 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fall River","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.72192870600006,"lon":-71.14367444895007,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-02-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick textile mill complex at 1567 North Main Street in Fall River, Massachusetts, begun in 1872 with additional buildings added through 1895.","why_significant":"The complex was organized during the city's greatest period of textile expansion and is described as a handsome, remarkably intact brick mill. It is notable for its unity of style and materials, fine workmanship, and faintly Romanesque influence. It meets Criteria A and C.","narrative":"Narragansett Mills is a brick textile complex on North Main Street in Fall River, built beginning in 1872 as the third mill in the city's northern section, an area opened to industry by steam power. The company was organized in 1871 and made print cloth and corset jeans, with a first capacity of 27,920 spindles and 700 looms. The 21-acre site had no nearby water body and relied on a large brick well. The five-story main mill measures 300 by 75 feet and has a slightly pitched roof, wooden brackets, granite quoins and sills, and recessed bays with 12/12 windows. Later additions include an 1879 machine shop and office, an 1888 cloth room, an 1889 engine house and boiler house, and an 1895 sawtooth-roofed weave shed. An early iron fence with granite curb and posts surrounds the buildings. The mill is valued for its unity of materials, craftsmanship, and intact condition, and for its link to the city's greatest expansion period. The company operated until 1929.","period_of_significance":"1872-1895","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Faintly Romanesque influence, typical of brick mills of Fall River's third, or expansion, period","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Presently used as a mill outlet store (as of the 1981 survey); the company operated until 1929, when the property was sold.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.708027-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/30/7897/63789730/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000694.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000694/178c311993-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000694/178c311993-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Narragansett_Mills_Fall_River.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Narragansett_Mills_Fall_River.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789730","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narragansett_Mills","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6966171"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/narragansett-mills-83000694/"}