1500 2nd Ave., NW., Faribault, Minnesota. County/parish: Rice.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 23, 2012. NRIS 12000283.
1 contributing building.
Faribault Mill is a textile manufacturing company in Faribault, Minnesota, United States, that produces and sells wool and cotton blankets, throws, shawls, socks, sheets, and many other products. The company sells its products through its stores in Faribault and Edina, MN and nationwide through retailers.
Faribault Mill's building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012 for having state-level significance in the theme of industry. It was nominated for being one of the largest and oldest fully integrated woolen mills in Minnesota.
The plant closed in 2009, but reopened in September 2011 under new private ownership. At the time it closed in 2009, Faribault Woolen Mills produced more than half of the new wool blankets made in the United States and was one of the few remaining woolen mills in the country.
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