Monadnock Mills, Mill No. 1, 13-17 Water Street, Claremont, Sullivan County, NH

Significance: Mill 1 is the oldest structure in the Monadnock Mills Company complex and the oldest mill in the Claremont Village Industrial District. Between 1836-39, a group of local investors formed the Upper Falls Company and, on speculation, built this 5 story brick textile mill on the south side of the Sugar River. The mill was vacant until 1843, when it was purchased by Parker, Wilder, and Parker, a textile investment from in Boston. The equipped the mill with cotton textile machinery from Fall River, Massachusetts, and began the manufacture of cotton ticking, sheet, and drilling...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3
Survey number: HAER NH-2-A
Building/structure dates: 1839 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1867 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1870 Subsequent Work