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North Manchester Planing and Band Saw Mill (J.A. Browne Co. Mill) was a historic
sawmill A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes (dimensi ...
complex located at
North Manchester North Manchester was, from 1896 to 1916, a township within the Poor Law Union of Manchester, England. North Manchester was a local government sub-district used for the administration of Poor Law legislation; it was an inter-parish unit for soci ...
,
Wabash County, Indiana Wabash County is a county located in the northern central part of the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 30,976. The county seat is Wabash. History The area was inhabited for thousands of years by cultures of indigenous pe ...
. The sawmill was built in 1876, and was a -story brick building. It was enlarged in 1898, to house the power station of the Browne-Mills Electric Company. Associated with the mill were three brick cottages built in the late-1870s for mill employees. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1982, and delisted in 1995.


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Former National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Demolished buildings and structures in Indiana Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Industrial buildings completed in 1876 Buildings and structures in Wabash County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Wabash County, Indiana 1876 establishments in Indiana {{WabashCountyIN-NRHP-stub