Tallassee Mills
Appearance
Tallassee Mills | |
Location | 1844 Old Mill Rd., Tallassee, Alabama |
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Coordinates | 32°31′53.3″N 85°53′10.1″W / 32.531472°N 85.886139°W |
Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
Built | 1844 |
Architectural style | Industrial complex |
NRHP reference No. | 09000734[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | April 26, 2010 |
Designated ARLH | January 18, 1978[2] |
The Tallassee Mills were cotton mills established by the Tallassee Falls Manufacturing Company in 1841 in Tallassee, Alabama at the falls of the Tallapoosa River. At the time of their closure in 2005, the Tallassee Mills were the oldest continuously operating textile mills in the United States.[3]
The mills were placed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 26, 2010.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage as of April 7, 2023" (PDF). ahc.alabama.gov. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
- ^ Goss, Bill. "History of Tallassee". Tallassee Alabama - Treasure on the Tallapoosa. Coty of Tallassee. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
External links
[edit]- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. AL-956, "Tallassee Mills, 1844 Old Mill Road, Tallassee, Elmore County, AL", 12 photos
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Categories:
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama
- Buildings and structures completed in 1844
- Elmore County, Alabama
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Alabama
- National Register of Historic Places in Elmore County, Alabama
- Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
- Alabama Registered Historic Place stubs