Damonmill Square

Damonmill Square is one of the few mill buildings left in Concord. Since the mid-seventeenth century, the area where Damon Mill stands today has been home to industry and manufacturing. It sits on the banks of the Assabet River which supplied power for an iron works, saw, grist and fulling (cleansing of cloth) mills. In 1834 the old mill was purchased by Calvin Damon, a textile manufacturer. After filling a large order for the U.S. Army in 1861, the mill burned down. In 1862, Damon's son had the mill rebuilt in the Italianate style. Business prospered until demand for the particular textile manufactured here started to wane in the late 1800s. For 50 years, the mill served as a cold storage facility for apples. In the 1970s, the mill was falling into disrepair until a developer had the foresight to turn it into business and office space.