Union Mill Complex
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Union Mill Complex
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Union Mill (left), West Bag Factory and George West Office Building, from Prospect Street, 2008
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| Location | Ballston Spa, NY |
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| Nearest city | Saratoga Springs |
| Coordinates | 43°0′30″N 73°51′1″W / 43.00833°N 73.85028°WCoordinates: 43°0′30″N 73°51′1″W / 43.00833°N 73.85028°W |
| Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built | 1850–1886 |
| Architect | R.N. Brezee |
| Architectural style | Italianate, Second Empire |
| NRHP reference # | 82003404 |
| Added to NRHP | 1982 |
The Union Mill Complex, (also Bischoff's Chocolate Factory), is located at the junction of Milton Avenue (NY 50) and Prospect Street in Ballston Spa, New York, United States. It is a complex of three late 19th-century brick buildings on a 4-acre (1.6 ha) lot, and the ruins of a dam.
Originally built to harness the nearby Kayaderosseras Creek for textile production, in the years of the Gilded Age, George West converted it to paper bag production and made the center of his company. It later became a chocolate factory, and then a warehouse for a local plastics concern. In 1982 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is now used as a retail complex.
The property is a wedge-shaped parcel with Milton Avenue on the east, the Kayaderosseras Creek on the north and Prospect Street to the south and west. There is a slight rise on the west, and the complex is built into that. The surrounding neighborhood, downtown Ballston Spa, is mostly commercial. The Register listing includes three buildings — the George West Office Building, Union Mill and West Bag Factory — and one structure, the ruins of the former dam that began the industrial use of the property.
All three buildings are built of brick laid in common bond with pressed metal roofs. Metal is also used for many of the decorative touches, such as iron finials, window caps, balustrades, cornices and dormer windows.
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