Fort Andross was built in 1809. However, its history reaches back much further than some people may realize. this.

In 1688, it was built as a trading post for fur trappers as a garrison during the King William’s War and in 1715, Fort George, a stone fort, was built on the Fort Andross site to protect the settlers from Indians. In 1809, industrialist developers of the Brunswick Cotton Manufacturing Company, harnessed the Androscoggin River’s power at the Pejepscot Falls and built the first cotton mill in Maine to make yarn.

In 1812, the mill was purchased and enlarged by the Maine Cotton & Woolen Factory Company and, in 1857, the Mill was rebranded and further expanded as the Cabot Manufacturing Company, succeeding the Warumbo Manufacturing Company. In 1890, Maine Street, Brunswick, was moved to provide for further expansion of the Mill. By the 1930s Cabot Mill employed more than 1,000 workers in the textile manufacturing industry.

In 1950, the Mill was used for textile and shoe manufacturing and became the Verney Mill. In 1986, the Mill was purchased by Coleman Burke, managing partner of Waterfront Maine, and for the past 28 years it has undergone constant renovation and occupations with the aid of Anthony Gatti, a partner since 1993.

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Information from Waterfront Maine.