Falls of the Neuse Manufacturing Company
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Location | Neuse River at SR 2000, Falls, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°56′20″N 78°34′44″W / 35.93889°N 78.57889°WCoordinates: 35°56′20″N 78°34′44″W / 35.93889°N 78.57889°W |
Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
Built | 1854 | -1855
NRHP Reference # | 83001921 |
Added to NRHP | September 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 in 1854-1855, 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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.