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Cowan Mill

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Location
  
Lewiston, Maine

Architect
  
Unknown

NRHP Reference #
  
85001656

Local time
  
Tuesday 12:38 PM

Built
  
1850

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival

Added to NRHP
  
August 1, 1985

Cowan Mill

Weather
  
15°C, Wind S at 16 km/h, 68% Humidity

Cowan Mill (also known as the Aurora Mill or Cowan Woolen Company Mill) was an historic mill at Island Mill Street in Lewiston, Maine.

Map of Cowan Mill, 1, VA 24248, USA

The 4 story Greek Revival mill was built in 1850 on the site of Lewiston's first textile mill (built by John A. Briggs in 1836 and destroyed by fire in March 1850). David Cowan was twice elected mayor of Lewiston. The mill was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

On July 15, 2009, the Mill was completely destroyed under suspicious circumstances in a massive fire.

On Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Justice Thomas Delahanty ordered the mill be destroyed due to it being unsafe. Chabot Construction Company carried out the order the same day.

The mill was removed from the National Register of Historic Places on November 2, 2011.

References

Cowan Mill Wikipedia