History
As early as 1832, a cotton factory, that of Hobert & Lions, was located on this site, although no structures from that period survive. In 1852 Luther Wright and Alfred Morse purchased the site and in 1860 Morse became sole owner. Morse continued to operate a cotton mill here until his death in 1874. That year the property was sold to Milton Morse, whose heirs carried on business until 1893 when the Jefferson Manufacturing Company purchased the mill. The Jefferson Manufacturing Company is responsible for construction of most of what exists on the site today.
