{"nrhp_refnum":"83001814","name":"Crowell, J. B., and Son Brick Mould Mill Complex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Lippencott Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wallkill","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.62399750100005,"lon":-74.1968987773813,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-06-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural water-powered industrial complex of nineteen contributing structures and sites on 13.45 acres along the Dwaarkill Creek near Wallkill, Ulster County, New York. It includes a brick mould mill (present building 1915), houses, farm buildings, a dam and a store site.","why_significant":"The complex reflects the operation and evolution of a rural manufacturing center over more than a century. Established in 1868 on the site of an earlier sawmill, the Crowell Mill produced hardwood brick moulds and wood implements sold regionally and was a significant employer in southern Ulster County. The mill, residences and farm buildings, dating from about 1750 to 1915, retain integrity and show how a local water-powered industry worked.","narrative":"Along the Dwaarkill Creek near Wallkill, in Ulster County, New York, a cluster of nineteen contributing structures and sites preserves a small rural industrial community. At its center is the brick mould mill, a 1915 frame building with an L-shaped wing, rebuilt on the foundations of mills lost to fires in 1896 and 1899. The Crowell family began operating there in 1868, on the site of an earlier sawmill, producing hardwood brick moulds and other wood goods sold across the region. Around the mill stand three houses in Federal and Greek Revival forms, dairy and storage barns, a spring house, a footbridge, an older wooden dam beside the present one, and the site of a general store. Butter production in the milk barn added to the local economy. The group is valued for showing how mill, farm and family housing worked together, with much early detailing intact. Restoration and a return to water-powered electricity were underway at the time of nomination.","period_of_significance":"c. 1750-1915","architect_builder":"various","architectural_style":"Federal and Greek Revival (residences), with later Classical or Victorian updating","criteria":[],"status_note":"Buildings are in fair to good condition; restoration of the Bate House and James B. Crowell, III House is under way, and the mill is being reconverted to water power for electricity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.216469-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001814.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001814/71d2ac456c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001814/71d2ac456c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crowell_Brick_Mould_Complex.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Crowell_Brick_Mould_Complex.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322588","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._Crowell_and_Son_Brick_Mould_Mill_Complex","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6104667"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/crowell-j-b-and-son-brick-mould-mill-complex-83001814/"}