{"nrhp_refnum":"90000999","name":"Border City Mill No. 2","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"One Weaver St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fall River","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.727925320000054,"lon":-71.14078027599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-06-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story brick Italianate textile mill with an eight-story campanile at One Weaver Street, Fall River, Massachusetts, built in 1873 to plans by Josiah Brown. It is the oldest and largest surviving building of the Border City Mill complex.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the mill is a good example of third-quarter 19th century Italianate mill architecture and is strongly tied to the growth of Fall River's textile industry. It was designed by Josiah Brown, regarded as Fall River's first professional architect. Its unique belfry tower and its intact cast-iron fire escapes, the only ones kept on a Fall River mill, add to its architectural value. It also stands as a visible symbol of the industrial expansion of the early 1870s.","narrative":"Border City Mill #2 is a brick textile mill at One Weaver Street in Fall River, Massachusetts, completed in 1873 to plans by Josiah Brown, described as the city's first professional architect. The five-story main block rests on a granite base and carries Italianate details, including pilastered and arcaded panel facades, a dentilated eave and an eight-story campanile with an open belfry. Six decorative cast-iron fire escapes survive, which the nomination says is unique among Fall River mills. The mill was built when northern Fall River opened to industry along the Taunton River, and brick was used because water transport made it easier to obtain than distant granite. It is the oldest and largest remaining building of the Border City Mills complex, which was otherwise largely lost to demolition and highway construction. The interior now holds apartments, but the exterior remains a landmark on Route 79 and recalls the city's textile boom of the 1870s.","period_of_significance":"1873-1939","architect_builder":"Brown, Josiah","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Italianate","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The interior has been fully converted to residential apartments, with the former boiler house interior now a swimming pool. The windows were replaced with metal sash in 1988.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.858199-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/27/7896/63789627/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/90000999.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000999/4c3a68acb0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000999/4c3a68acb0-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bordercity.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bordercity.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789627","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_City_Mill_No._2","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4944539"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/border-city-mill-no-2-90000999/"}