The granite walls of one of these ice houses, built in 1864 by Robert Cook and William Durfee, still exist on a peninsula near the end of New Boston Road, at what was once known as Interlachen, the estate of Spencer Borden, founder of the Fall River Bleachery.
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The N . R . Davis Gun Factory burned to the ground in 1925; and the Crystal Springs Bleachery, now New England Textile, burned in 1955 . ( Remnants of the latter can be found by Mill Pond . ) The former Monument Manufacturing Company on Mill & Locust Sts . was the largest domestic producer of sleeping bags during World War II . In the postwar period, the majority of villagers sought work outside of town, and farming also came back into common practice.
