Houston-White Company Mill & Basket Factory, Main Street & Railroad Avenue, Millsboro, Sussex County, DE
Summary
Significance: The history of the Houston-White company demonstrates how changes in agricultural production significantly altered the produce basket industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4
Survey number: HAER DE-6
Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1950 Subsequent Work
Nothing Found.
Tags
mills
factories
wooden buildings
manufacturing
war world war ii
basket making
agriculture
transportation
laborers
lumber industry
storage
depressions
water tanks
drying sheds
sawmills
general stores
offices
sheds
steam engines
boilers
industrial facilities
millsboro
houston white
mill
houston white company mill
basket
factory
basket factory
main street
railroad
railroad avenue
sussex
sussex county
interior
delaware
k d anderson
deborah a campbell
chicago bridge and iron works
t allan comp
dennis l davis
christopher s derganc
james m edmonson
eleutherian mills hagley foundation
incorporated ericcson merritt
erie city iron works
charles a foote
douglas l griffin
historic american engineering record
henry a houston
charles b houston
houston white company
judson j mcintire
john perry
george w rineer
raymond w smith
division of historical and cultural affairs state of delaware
william j white
j reese white
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
manufacturing plants
library of congress
industrial history
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Houston , Henry A
White , William J, P
Perry, John
Chicago Bridge & Iron Works
Erie City Iron Works
Ericcson Merritt, Incorporated
Houston-White Company
Houston, Charles B
White, J Reese
McIntire, Judson J, delineator
Griffin, Douglas L, project manager
Comp, T Allan, project manager
State of Delaware, Division of Historical & Cultural Affairs, sponsor
Eleutherian Mills Hagley Foundation, sponsor
Foote, Charles A, photographer
Edmonson, James M, historian
Smith, Raymond W, historian
Davis, Dennis L, delineator
Anderson, K D, delineator
Campbell, Deborah A, delineator
Derganc, Christopher S, historian
Rineer, George W, photographer
Location
Millsboro
,
38.54753, -75.24893
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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