Falls of the Neuse Manufacturing Plant, West bank of Neuse River at State Route 2000, Falls, Wake County, NC

Significance: The Falls of the Neuse Mill complex includes a massive 3-story granite building and a 1-story granite secondary building evidently built in 1854-1855 as the paper mill of the Manteo Manufacturing Company, organized by James F. Jordan. Secondary buildings survive from later stages of operation as paper and textile mills. Powered by water held in a 400-foot wide stone dam and conveyed by a millrace, the complex is strategically located at the natural falls of the Neuse River. The chief period of significance of the mill was its 1855-1896 operation as a paper mill. The mill was described in this era as the only significant producer of paper in eastern North Carolina and one of the largest in the state. Producing rag paper of high quality, the mill supplied state government and most eastern North Carolina printers.
Survey number: HAER NC-18
Building/structure dates: 1854-1855 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 83001921