Diamond Silk Mill
National Register of Historic Places

Diamond Silk Mill

East York, York County, Pennsylvania
Listed
July 23, 1992
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
92000949

About this property

Diamond Silk Mill, also known as York Silk Manufacturing Company, is a historic silk mill located at Springettsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect John A. Dempwolf and built about 1900. The mill is a 3 1/2-story, brick building with heavy timber frame trussing on a stone foundation, and measures 50 feet by 300 feet. It has a hipped roof, and features an octagonal 100-foot high smokestack and decorative corbelled brick cornice in the Romanesque Revival style. In 1910, the mill's business had increased such that it was noted by an industry periodical as becoming a full-time operation and hiring additional workers. Silk manufacturing would become one of York's most important industries, feeding Lancaster's manufacture of umbrellas. A decline began with the Great Depression and continued with the introduction of synthetic fibers in the late 1930s, for which most York mills did not have equipment. The mill was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Location

East York, York County, Pennsylvania
39.97657, -76.69959

Categories

INDUSTRYARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

East York Historic District
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0.6 mi
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1.5 mi
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When was Diamond Silk Mill listed on the National Register?

Diamond Silk Mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 23, 1992.

What type of historic resource is Diamond Silk Mill?

Diamond Silk Mill is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Diamond Silk Mill?

The period of significance for Diamond Silk Mill is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1900.

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