Pioneer Paper Mill
California State Historic Landmark 552
04/26/96
#552 Pioneer Paper Mill
The first paper mill on the Pacific coast was built here in November 1856 by
Samuel Penfield Taylor. Using water-power and later steam, it was replaced in 1884 by a larger
steam-powered mill nearby, which was closed by the depression of 1893 and destroyed by fire
in 1915.
Nothing remains of this site.
1.3 mi inside Samuel P. Taylor State Park, 18 mi W of US Hwy 101 off Sir Francis Drake
Blvd, County Hwy A104 (PM 18.44); cross creek, go to left .1 mi, Lagunitas.
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