NRHP Reference # 79000272 Added to NRHP 15 February 1979 | Area 3 ha | |
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Location Broad, Water, Crescent Sts., and Mill Rd., Claremont, New Hampshire Similar Claremont City Hall, Blow‑Me‑Down Covered Bridge, Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge, Mount Ascutney, Arrowhead Recreation Area | ||
The Monadnock Mills are a historic mill complex in Claremont, New Hampshire. They extend along the southern bank of the Sugar River on both sides of Water Street, between the Broad Street bridge to the east, and the junction of Main and Water Streets in the west, where they abut the industrial area formerly associated with the Sullivan Machinery Company; there also a small number of surviving elements on the north side of the river opposite this area. The complex represents the surviving elements of what was once the largest manufacturing complex in the upper Connecticut River watershed area, and one of its oldest. The Sugar River Manufacturing Company was chartered by the state of New Hampshire in 1831 and renamed "Monadnock Mills" in 1846, and operated an extensive complex that historically lined both sides of the river in this area. The oldest buildings in the complex date to the 1830s. Most of the buildings erected by the company are still standing.
The mills were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.