Bancroft Mills
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Bancroft Mills is an abandoned mill complex along the Brandywine River in Wilmington, Delaware. It has been the site of some of the earliest and most famous mills near Wilmington and was the largest and longest running complex along the Brandywine. Gilpin Mills was opened in 1787 and was the first paper mill in Delaware. This was followed by Riddle Mills (1845), and Bancroft Mills, which was opened in 1831 and had an 1895 expansion. In 1930 Bancroft Mills was the single largest cotton finishing works in the world.
The complex was most recently owned by Wilmington Piece Dye company which went bankrupt in May of 2003.
The complex stands today as a reminder of the significant milling history of the Brandywine Valley.
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