Falls of the Neuse Manufacturing Company

Falls of the Neuse Manufacturing Company
LocationNeuse River at SR 2000, Falls, North Carolina
Coordinates35°56′20″N 78°34′44″W / 35.93889°N 78.57889°W / 35.93889; -78.57889
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1854 (1854)-1855
NRHP reference No.83001921[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 19, 1983

Falls of the Neuse Manufacturing Company, also known as the Manteo Manufacturing Company and Forest Manufacturing Company, is a historic paper mill complex located at Falls, Wake County, North Carolina. The main mill building was built from1854–1855, and is a three-story, quarried granite block building measuring 195 feet long and 54 feet wide. Located on the property is the stone mill dam, measuring about 400 feet wide and roughly 6 feet tall, and the one-story picker room, measuring 53 feet square. The mill operated as a paper mill until 1896, and later housed a cotton mill and warehouse.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Catherine W. Bishir and Brent D. Glass (n.d.). "Falls of the Neuse Manufacturing Company" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved June 1, 2015.


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