Auburn Mills Historic District, national historic district near Yorklyn, New Castle County, Delaware, United States
Auburn Mills Historic District is a complex of industrial and residential buildings near Yorklyn, Delaware, with structures built between 1890 and 1910. The area features the Auburn Mill, a paper production facility, an insulite mill, row houses for workers, the Israel Marshall House, shops, utility buildings, and remnants of a trolley line infrastructure.
The district grew as an industrial hub between 1890 and 1910, centered on paper production powered by the Red Clay Creek. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, recognizing its role in Delaware's industrial development.
The name comes from the area's paper mills that once powered the local economy. The worker row houses show how families lived close together in a tight-knit community built around the mills and factories.
The district sits within Auburn Valley State Park and is best explored on foot to see the preserved buildings in their setting. It is a quiet place where visitors can walk at their own pace and examine the old structures from different angles.
A historic trolley line once connected this area to nearby towns, with remaining trestle piers still visible today as remnants of that transportation network. These structures show how goods and workers moved through the region during the industrial era.
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