North Manchester Planing and Band Saw Mill

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North Manchester Planing and Band Saw Mill (J.A. Browne Co. Mill)
Location705 W. Main St. (mill); (houses) 706-708 W. Grant St. and 202 N. High St., North Manchester, Indiana
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1876 (1876)
Built byEichholtz, George; Valenaire, John
Architectural styleMixed (more Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
NRHP reference No. 82000052 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 5, 1982
Removed from NRHPJune 12, 1995

North Manchester Planing and Band Saw Mill (J.A. Browne Co. Mill) was a historic sawmill complex located at North Manchester, Wabash County, Indiana. The sawmill was built in 1876, and was a 1+12-story brick building. It was enlarged in 1898, to house the power station of the Browne-Mills Electric Company. Associated with the mill were three brick cottages built in the late-1870s for mill employees. [2] :2–3

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and delisted in 1995. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-07-01.Note: This includes Craig Leonard (December 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: North Manchester Planing and Band Saw Mill (J.A. Browne Co. Mill)" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying photographs