{{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Wild's Mill Complex | nrhp_type = hd | nocat = yes | image = | caption = | location = U.S. 9 and NY 203, Valatie, New York | coordinates = {{coord|42|24|47|N|73|40|52|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = New York#USA | built = 1828 | architecture = Federal, Industrial | added = June 14, 1982 | area = {{convert|5.5|acre}} | refnum = 82003353<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> }} '''Wild's Mill Complex''' (also known as '''Valatie Mill Complex''') was among the last remaining industrial buildings in the formerly thriving milling community of Valatie, Columbia County, New York, United States. It was located southeast of the intersection between U.S. Route 9 and State Route 203. A five-story brick structure, it served as an historical landmark and its {{convert|5.5|acre}} lot contained the ruins of a previous mill. It was situated along the west bank of the Kinderhook Creek.<ref name="NRHP nom"/>
The original northern section of the building was built in 1846, at {{convert|144|ft}} long and {{convert|56|ft}} wide. Its builder is unknown. A large addition was constructed around 1890. The owner of the mills, Nathan Wild, emigrated from England in the early 19th century and ultimately moved to Columbia County.<ref name="NRHP nom"/> He is known as one of the founders of the village of Valatie,<ref>{{cite web|author=De Luke, Brianna|title=Valatie Historical Markers|year=|publisher=Valatie Free Library|accessdate=May 3, 2010|url=http://www.valatielibrary.org/historicalmarkers/histmark3.htm|archive-date=July 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725085250/http://www.valatielibrary.org/historicalmarkers/histmark3.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> which had become an important industrial center. In 1828 Wild built the initial brick mill. After the construction of the southern building, the mills—used to manufacture cotton—had a combined 12,800 spindles and 175 workers.<ref name="NRHP nom">{{cite report|type=none|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317123 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Wild's Mill Complex|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |author= Larson, Neil G.|date= December 1981| access-date=October 27, 2025 }} ({{NationalArchivesNote}})</ref>
After Wild's death in 1867, his sons gained responsibility of the mills. The southern mill was bought by William Harder, who built the addition, in 1890. Modified into a paper mill in the 1890s, the northern mill eventually burned during the 1950s. The southern mill continued to produce cotton products until 1956. A two-story Federal-style building between the two mills was marked as the mill office on early maps, and has since been converted into a residence. However, it is considered an uncommon instance of a standing early 19th-century office building. Among the earliest textile mill complexes in Columbia County,<ref name="NRHP nom"/> the property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 14, 1982. Around 1986, the last of Wild's mills was demolished. Wild's residence, the Nathan Wild House, is still standing and is also listed on the Register.<ref name="NRHP nom2">{{cite web|author=Kuhn, Robert D.|title=National Register of Historic Places nomination, Wild, Nathan, House|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1482|publisher=New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation|date=March 1991|accessdate=May 3, 2010|archive-date=October 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011204131/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1482|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Hudson Valley}} *National Register of Historic Places listings in Columbia County, New York
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==External links== *[http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1474 Images of the property]
{{National Register of Historic Places in New York}}
Category:Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Category:Federal architecture in New York (state) Category:Industrial buildings completed in 1828 Category:Industrial buildings completed in 1846 Category:Industrial buildings completed in 1890 Category:Buildings and structures in Columbia County, New York Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Category:National Register of Historic Places in Columbia County, New York Category:Textile mills in New York (state) Category:Cotton mills in the United States