Falls of the Neuse Manufacturing Company | |
Location: | Neuse River at SR 2000, Falls, North Carolina |
Coordinates: | 35.9389°N -78.5789°W |
Built: | -1855 |
Added: | September 19, 1983 |
Refnum: | 83001921 |
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 from1854–1855, 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.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.