{"nrhp_refnum":"93000458","name":"Byington Mill (Frisbie & Stansfield Knitting Company)","other_names":["J. A. Firsching &amp","Son Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"421--423 Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Utica","county":"Oneida County","state":"NY","lat":43.10251401600004,"lon":-75.22178914299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-05-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story brick knitting mill with an attached office wing at 421-423 Broad Street in Bagg's Square East, Utica, New York. The mill was built in 1910 and the office wing in 1912 for the Frisbie-Stansfield Knitting Company.","why_significant":"It is an intact industrial complex from the early twentieth century, when Utica led the nation in textile manufacturing. Frisbie-Stansfield was then the largest knit-goods corporation in the world. The mill is also a representative example of early twentieth-century mill construction, with a high ratio of window to wall and an unusually elaborate office wing.","narrative":"Byington Mill is a five-story brick knitting mill at Broad and Second streets in Utica, built in 1910 for the Frisbie-Stansfield Knitting Company, then the largest knit-goods corporation in the world. An office wing added in 1912 has a pressed-brick front, granite base, red tile roof and copper cornice, in contrast to the plain, window-filled mill. The mill has heavy timber framing and load-bearing brick walls, and its fifth floor was added before 1929. Utica was the nation's chief textile center in this period, helped by canals, expanded railroad yards and abundant electric power. The mill reflects that boom and the growth of Bagg's Square East. It was sold in 1929, and J. A. Firsching converted it in 1936 to making textile machinery, a use that continued until 1991. Its interior remains largely intact, and the building is now vacant. It was listed for its industrial history and its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1910-ca.1929","architect_builder":"Attributed to Frederick H. Gouge (Architect)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements/Commercial Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant/not in use; the interior is described as substantially intact. A business making textile machinery operated there until 1991.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.801441-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/93000458.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000458/7235778255-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000458/7235778255-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UticaNY_ByingtonMill.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UticaNY_ByingtonMill.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100001362","name":"Bagg's Square East Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/baggs-square-east-historic-district-100001362/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320175","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byington_Mill_(Frisbie_%26_Stansfield_Knitting_Company)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5004097"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oneida-county/byington-mill-frisbie-and-stansfield-knitting-company-93000458/"}