Walker's Mill and Walker's Bank

Walker's Mill and Walker's Bank
Walker's Mill, June 2011
Location Walkers Mill Road, near Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates 39°46′14″N 75°34′43″W / 39.77068°N 75.57849°W / 39.77068; -75.57849Coordinates: 39°46′14″N 75°34′43″W / 39.77068°N 75.57849°W / 39.77068; -75.57849
Area 9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built 1813 (1813)-1815
NRHP reference # 72000296[1]
Added to NRHP February 1, 1972

Walker's Mill and Walker's Bank, also known as Simsville, Siddall's Mill, and "Big White Mill", is a historic spinning cotton mill and worker's dwelling block located near Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. Walker's Mill was built between 1813 and 1815, and is a 2 1/2-story, "T"-shaped, stone building. It measures approximately 100 feet by 225 feet and features a tower topped by a cupola. Walker's Bank is a two- to three-story rectangular stone building built in 1813 and consisting of four worker's homes. It measures 44 feet by 75 feet and each long side features a porch divided among the four units.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Eleanor M. Webster (August 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Walker's Mill and Walker's Bank". and Accompanying six photos


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