Built in 1872, it is one of the city's most visible historic mills, with a particularly fine Italianate stair tower.

The tower is topped by a low-pitch hip roof with broad eaves decorated with paired brackets and dentil moulding.

[2] The mill was organized in 1872 and built for the manufacture of cotton cloth with a capacity of 43,480 spindles.

The complex also includes two small wooden office buildings in front of the main mill.

[3] In 1999 a fire destroyed the adjacent weave shed and cotton storage buildings, but the main mill was saved, thanks in large part to a favorable winds.