The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

[1] The Durfee Mills are located in geographically central Fall River, overlooking the northern bank of the Quequechan River, on a roughly triangular parcel bounded on the north by Pleasant Street and the southeast by Plymouth Avenue.

Their prominent features are seven-story Italianate towers located at the center of the main facades.

The company was named in honor of Durfee's father Bradford, who is credited with starting Fall River's industrial complex and for building many of its early mills.

In 1968, the site was photographed by Jack E. Boucher as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey.