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48: 65: 962: 90: 268:, which (as of the 1985 National Register nomination), continued to operate that business under its original name. In 2005 the business and mill complex were purchased by Crane family member David Crane. In 2016 the printing business was sold to Integrity Graphics which has consolidated operations elsewhere. The mill complex includes, in addition to the main mill building, several 19th century extensions and a storehouse erected in 1904. The complex was listed on the 974: 506: 951: 412: 97: 72: 247:
In 1831 the land, owned by Luke Brown, had been purchased for $ 520 by William E. and Thomas A. Brayton, and in 1832 a stone mill 40 x 74 feet, three stories high, with an attic was constructed. Larger print cloths, 52 by 52 feet were manufactured on twenty looms under the name of T.A. Brayton &
1004: 260:. The business was reorganized as the North Adams Manufacturing Company in 1878, with H.G.B.Fisher taking over as President and E.B. Penniman as Treasurer and Agent. At that time the works had fifty looms, employing 275 hands and turned out 20,000 yards of six-quarter fancy cassimeres per month. 370:"History of North Adams, Mass., 1749-1885 [electronic resource] : Reminiscences of early settlers : Extracts from old town records : its public institutions, industries and prominent citizens, together with a roster of commissioned officers in the War of the Rebellion" 356:"History of North Adams, Mass., 1749-1885 [electronic resource] : Reminiscences of early settlers : Extracts from old town records : its public institutions, industries and prominent citizens, together with a roster of commissioned officers in the War of the Rebellion" 287:). The main mill building is a three-story brick structure, to which a number of smaller additions have been made. The largest scale addition to the building was an 1898 enlargement of the main structure, which maintained the roofline of the original 1863 building, while using more modern 589: 255:
The Norad Mill was built in 1863 by Sanford Blackinton, one of North Adams' leading mill owners, and Daniel Dewey, the prime mover in forming the North Adams Woolen Company. Blackinton used the mill to produce woolen goods that were in high demand during the
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The mill continued to be the site of woolen textile production, under a variety of corporate names, until 1947. In 1954 the Excelsior Printing Company began operations in the facility; it was acquired by
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The building has been purchased and partly renovated by commercial landlord Moresi and Associates. New tenants as of 2018 include a yarn company, a wine tasting room and a coffee roastery.
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Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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The mill is located one mile west of downtown North Adams, on the north bank of the
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Buildings and structures in North Adams, Massachusetts
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Norad Mill is located in Massachusetts
Norad Mill is located in the United States
North Adams, Massachusetts
42°41′55″N 73°8′20″W / 42.69861°N 73.13889°W / 42.69861; -73.13889
Italianate
MPS
85003417
Braytonville
North Adams, Massachusetts
Italianate styling
Braytonville
American Civil War
Crane & Co.
National Register of Historic Places
Hoosic River
Mohawk Trail
Massachusetts Route 2
curtain wall
National Register of Historic Places listings in Berkshire County, Massachusetts


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National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"History of North Adams, Mass., 1749-1885 [electronic resource] : Reminiscences of early settlers : Extracts from old town records : its public institutions, industries and prominent citizens, together with a roster of commissioned officers in the War of the Rebellion"
"History of North Adams, Mass., 1749-1885 [electronic resource] : Reminiscences of early settlers : Extracts from old town records : its public institutions, industries and prominent citizens, together with a roster of commissioned officers in the War of the Rebellion"

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