Crane and Company Old Stone Mill Rag Room
About this property
The Crane and Company Old Stone Mill Rag Room is one of the oldest surviving buildings (built in 1844) of Crane & Co., one of the oldest papermaking businesses in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It is located in southwestern Dalton, on a site where paper has been manufactured since the early 19th century. The building, originally used for processing rags, has housed the Crane Museum of Papermaking since 1930, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1983. Zenas Crane began making paper in Dalton in 1801, taking full ownership of an established operation at the Rag Room site in 1822. In the mid-1840s his sons constructed the Old Stone Mill, of which the Rag Room is the only surviving portion. The Rag Room is where Crane's grandson Winthrop Murray Crane learned the business; through his efforts Crane secured a monopoly contract to provide paper for the nation's currency, which it still holds today. The Rag Room is a gray fieldstone building with a slate roof. Its interior is a large open space that houses exhibits and artifacts of the company's history.
Location
Categories
Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).
Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Everything a full report reveals about Crane and Company Old Stone Mill Rag Room
This page lists Crane and Company Old Stone Mill Rag Room. A full Aubrey report for an address near it pulls together this listing alongside battlefield records, land patents, and every other historical record within a chosen radius:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Questions about this property
When was Crane and Company Old Stone Mill Rag Room listed on the National Register?
Crane and Company Old Stone Mill Rag Room was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 30, 1983.
What type of historic resource is Crane and Company Old Stone Mill Rag Room?
Crane and Company Old Stone Mill Rag Room is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.
Is Crane and Company Old Stone Mill Rag Room a National Historic Landmark?
Yes. Crane and Company Old Stone Mill Rag Room has been designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL), the highest level of federal recognition for historic properties in the United States.
What is the period of significance for Crane and Company Old Stone Mill Rag Room?
The period of significance for Crane and Company Old Stone Mill Rag Room is recorded as the industrial era.
Can I research the history near Crane and Company Old Stone Mill Rag Room?
Yes. Aubrey Research reports search National Register listings, battlefield records, land patents, and other primary historical sources within any radius of a US address. A report for an address near Crane and Company Old Stone Mill Rag Room will include this listing and all other historical records in the area.
More in Berkshire County
Historic places, battles, and census history across Berkshire County.
Explore BerkshireCounty ›More historic places in Massachusetts
Browse all historic places in Massachusetts.
View Massachusettshistoric sites ›Massachusetts history
Colonial settlement, territorial period, and statehood narrative.
Massachusettshistory ›Research the history near this site
An Aubrey US report for an address near Crane and Company Old Stone Mill Rag Room will include this listing alongside battlefield records and other historical sources within your chosen radius.