You are here

Metropolitan Boston » South of the Charles River » Newton » Ware/Crehore Paper Mill

Ware/Crehore Paper Mill

-A A +A
1811 or 1816. 2276 Washington St.
  • Ware/Crehore Paper Mill (Keith Morgan)

The oldest mill in Newton, this building represents the once vibrant paper-making industry that existed in Newton Lower Falls for over a century. John Ware, a Revolutionary War veteran who began making paper in this area around 1790, may have built this fieldstone mill in 1811, or the partners who purchased his mill may have built this structure on the earlier building's site in 1816. The Foundriner machine, which allowed paper to be made in rolls rather than sheets, may have been used for the first time in the United States here. The mill continued to make paper until 1938, making it also the longest active paper mill in the area. In 1973, a bank adapted the building for its use, altering the front center entrance and stripping the interior, but preserving the shell of this stone structure of dramatic A shape.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Keith N. Morgan
×

Data

What's Nearby

Eaton, Moulton and Co. Machine Shop
Wellesley Farms Railroad Station
Strong Block
Wellesley Office Park
Charles River Canoe and Kayak (Riverside Headquarters, Charles River Reservation)

Citation

Keith N. Morgan, "Ware/Crehore Paper Mill", [Newton, Massachusetts], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MA-01-NW25.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of Massachusetts

Buildings of Massachusetts: Metropolitan Boston, Keith N. Morgan, with Richard M. Candee, Naomi Miller, Roger G. Reed, and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009, 490-490.

If SAH Archipedia has been useful to you, please consider supporting it.

SAH Archipedia tells the story of the United States through its buildings, landscapes, and cities. This freely available resource empowers the public with authoritative knowledge that deepens their understanding and appreciation of the built environment. But the Society of Architectural Historians, which created SAH Archipedia with University of Virginia Press, needs your support to maintain the high-caliber research, writing, photography, cartography, editing, design, and programming that make SAH Archipedia a trusted online resource available to all who value the history of place, heritage tourism, and learning.

,