Albion Mills / Contoocook Mill Complex
Hillsborough Co. | New Hampshire | USA
Watersource: Contoocook River.
Albion Mills / Contoocook Mill Complex
The mill sits along Bridge Street/Sr 149 at Mill Street/Bear Hill Road on the SE side, in the town of Hillsboro, NH.
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This first three story, frame mill was built by Joshua Marcy in 1828 to manufacture cotton products. GPS: 43D 6.78'N, 71D 53.61'W ele 622'/190 meters Concord Quadrangle
Paul and Leslie Belliveaus acquired this mill building plus the other buildings of the Contoocook Cotton Mill Complex, after the mills closed in the early 1960's, and renovated them to be used for residential housing. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
One of the entrances to the apartment complex is on the downhill, rear along Bear Hill Road. The first photo is the end fronting on Bridge Street and the second photo is of the rear of the mill, further east on Bear hill Road. The mill is at least 80 feet long along the road.