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128 Main Street - The Mill Built circa 1860-1870. Demolished 2011 Present use: Potential mixed-use commercial and residential development |
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| Paper has been made continuously at Babbitasset Falls on the Nashua for more than 150 years. As early as 1726 a grist mill was in operation here. A forge and small foundry, a powder mill and a carding mill followed. Around 1835, And Emerson established the first paper mill at this location. (Paper had been made to the north on the Nissitissit River even earlier.) The Pepperell Paper Company was the final successor to a series of companies that have operated the mills until it closed in 2002. At that time, most of the surviving mill buildings along the river dated from the present century, approximately circa 1900 - 1940. The most architecturally significant building, with its fine Mansard-roofed tower, dated from around 1860 - 1870 and was torn down in 1986. Substantially smaller operations occurred at the mill for the remainder of its years until it was later demolished in 2011. |
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| Mill Site Building 2 and 2A, view from east side of Main St bridge. |
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| View of the old entrance (southern exposure) from across Main Street |
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| Mill Street view of co-generation plant. |
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More images of the Mill Site can be found on Mill Site Study Committee photos page. More information about the Mill Site and its potential redevelopment can be found on the Mill Site Study Committee's home page. |
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| 83 River Road, Built Circa: Early 1700s, Scheduled for demolition Present use: Private land, new construction |
| The former home of the Boklaga Family and earlier the home of Abel Spaulding. Prior to Abel Spaulding the home belonged to William Spaulding and in 1743 town records indicate that this is the location where the first town meeting in Pepperell took place. |
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| 58 Hollis Street, Built Circa: 1700s, Demolished 2011, Present use: Owned by Mass Division of Fisheries & Wildlife, Wildlife Habitat and River Access |
| Formerly the home of Millie Turner and the site of the former Blake Brothers Mill which included a grist mill, machine shop and granary in operation during the late 1800s. While the mill was in operation, this was the home of the mill owner. |