- Address
- 140 West River Street
- Type
- Textile or Leather Manufacturing Facility
- Designated
- 1989
Penman Textile Mill
140 West River Street, Paris
About Penman Textile Mill
Penman Textile Mill is one of 3 National Historic Sites in Paris. Its record dates Penman Textile Mill to 1874–1875.
Penman Textile Mill National Historic Site of Canada is located on the Nith River’s east bank in Paris, Ontario. Established in 1868 as a knitting mill complex, the mill’s remaining structures comprise three large multi-storey industrial buildings located at 120, 130 and 140 West River Street, and an adjacent tall, tapered square, brick industrial smokestack. The Penman Mill Complex originally comprised two components, the site on the Grand River which no longer exists, and this remaining one on the Nith River. Official recognition refers to the three extant buildings now converted to residential dwellings. The designation includes the three properties associated with the surviving mill buildings of the Nith.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Penman Textile Mill National Historic Site of Canada · Open Government Licence – Canada · as published, word for word
A National Historic Site is designated by the federal minister on the Historic Sites and Monuments Board’s advice.
Questions about Penman Textile Mill
What is Penman Textile Mill?
Penman Textile Mill has been a National Historic Site of Canada since 1989.
When was Penman Textile Mill built?
The record of Penman Textile Mill gives 1874–1875.
Is Penman Textile Mill protected?
National Historic Site status commemorates; legal protection, where there is any, comes from the province or municipality, or from federal ownership.
Can you visit Penman Textile Mill?
You can see it from the street, while entry depends on its current use.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract).
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