Victory Mills is a historic textile mill building located at Victory in Saratoga County, New York, and was built in 1918 by the American Manufacturing Company. It is a rectangular, five story brick and reinforced concrete building measuring 282 feet (86 m) by 157 feet (48 m), and has about 220,000 square feet (20,000 m2) of space. It features six tower structures, five for stairs and one holding a water tower, and also operated as a cotton mill until 1929, when operations moved to Guntersville, Alabama. In 1937, it was purchased by the United Board and Carton Corporation, later A.L. Garber / Wheelabrator-Frye, then Clevepak Corporation / Victory Specialty Packaging Company who manufactured folding cartons.[2]
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| Location | 42 Gates Ave., Victory, New York |
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| Coordinates | 43°5′20.7″N 73°35′30.78″W / 43.089083°N 73.5918833°W |
| Area | 6.6 acres (2.7 ha) |
| Built | 1918 |
| Architect | Higginson, William |
| NRHP reference No. | 09001271[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 16, 2009 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]
See also
edit- Saratoga Victory Mill in Alabama
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places". WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 1/19/10 THROUGH 1/22/10. National Park Service. 2010-01-29.
- ^ Travis Bowman (September 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Victory Mills". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-05-15. See also: "Accompanying seven photos".