{"nrhp_refnum":"86000470","name":"Ormsby-Laughlin Textile Companies Mill","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"31 Mohawk Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waterford","county":"Saratoga County","state":"NY","lat":42.78844925300007,"lon":-73.68302660299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-03-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-and-one-half-story Romanesque Revival brick textile mill at 31 Mohawk Avenue in Waterford, Saratoga County, New York, built in 1894 by local contractor Medard Breault on the former Dial City island.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the mill is the only surviving intact factory of the Dial City industrial community, which has been heavily altered by demolition and modern construction. It is also an excellent example of Romanesque Revival industrial architecture, with elaborate corbelled brickwork, a six-story tower and a 100-foot chimney. It recalls the textile manufacturing history of the Hudson-Mohawk region.","narrative":"Built in 1894 on an island in Waterford, New York, this four-and-one-half-story brick mill was constructed for the Ormsby Textile Company, organized by local industrialists Thomas Breslin and Charles C. Ormsby with C.L. Mitchell. It originally employed 160 workers making knit underwear. Laughlin Textile Mills took over the building in 1919 and produced tapes, braids and later synthetic yarns until the 1960s. Local contractor Medard Breault built it in the Romanesque Revival style, with corbelled cornices, brick piers, paired segmental-arched windows, a six-and-one-half-story tower with a tent roof, and a 100-foot tapered chimney. The mill is the only intact industrial building left from Dial City, a manufacturing community that grew up beside the King's Power Canal and later lost most of its factories and housing to fire, demolition and new construction. It remains a visible reminder of Waterford's textile industry and retains a high level of architectural integrity.","period_of_significance":"1894","architect_builder":"Medard Breault","architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good, largely unaltered condition and still occupied: upper floors are used for cloth manufacture and clothing design, and a textile company occupies the first floor. Original machinery has been removed and the interior divided by partitions, and several outbuildings were demolished in 1985.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.894603-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/86000470.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000470/af6c098b1f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000470/af6c098b1f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ormsby-Laughlin_Textile_Companies_Mill_May_11.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ormsby-Laughlin_Textile_Companies_Mill_May_11.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"77000982","name":"Waterford Village Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/waterford-village-historic-district-77000982/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321604","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ormsby-Laughlin_Textile_Companies_Mill","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7103477"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/saratoga-county/ormsby-laughlin-textile-companies-mill-86000470/"}