Port Gibson Oil Works Mill Building

Port Gibson Oil Works Mill Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Anthony Street Port Gibson, Mississippi
Coordinates	31°57′55″N90°59′26″W / 31.965208°N 90.990474°W / 31.965208; -90.990474
Area	6,600 sq ft (610 m2) [1]
Built	1882
MPS	Port Gibson MRA [2]
NRHP reference No.	79003422
Added to NRHP	July 22, 1979

The Port Gibson Oil Works Mill Building is a historic industrial building for production of cottonseed oil located in Port Gibson, Mississippi, United States. Beginning operations in 1882, it is one of the earliest cottonseed crushing mills in the U.S. The two-story, brick mill building was still in operation as of 1979. Major parts of the interior machinery had been modernized in 1930 and 1955. ^[1]

The building was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. ^[2]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Claiborne County, Mississippi

References

1. Gold, Jack A. (January 1979), Historic Sites Survey: Port Gibson (cottonseed crushing) Oil Works Mill Building (PDF), retrieved August 5, 2018.
2. National Park Service, NPGallery: Port Gibson Oil Works Mill Building , retrieved August 5, 2018.

External links

• National Register of Historic Places photographic file
• Port Gibson MRA, National Register of Historic Places cover documentation