O'Bannon Mill

O'Bannon Mill
O'Bannon Mill is located in Rhode Island
O'Bannon Mill
O'Bannon Mill is located in the United States
O'Bannon Mill
LocationBarrington, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°44′50″N 71°20′43″W / 41.74722°N 71.34528°W / 41.74722; -71.34528
Area2.77 acres (1.12 ha)
Built1905
NRHP reference No.96000891 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 23, 1996

O'Bannon Mill (also known as O'Bannon Corporation Leather Division, or Collins & Aikman Mill) is an historical mill at 90 Bay Spring Avenue in Barrington, Rhode Island. It was one of the first places where artificial leather (using pyroxylin) was manufactured on a large scale.[2]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for O'Bannon Mill" (PDF). RI Preservation. Retrieved June 8, 2014.