Rumford Falls Paper Company Historic District
Criterion A: Industry
Criterion A: Community Planning & Development
Criterion C: Architecture
Period of Significance: 1893-1936
Local Level of Significance
The Rumford Falls Paper Company mill complex located in the town of Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, is significant under National Register Criterion A in the area of Industry, being the earliest manufacturing complex in the town which was created to utilize the waterpower at the falls. Paper manufacturing has been the primary industry throughout the history of the town.