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United States historic place
Malesso Japanese Rice Mill
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Malesso Japanese Rice Mill is located in GuamMalesso Japanese Rice Mill
LocationJesus Barcinas Road, Merizo, Guam
Coordinates13°15′50″N 144°40′16.5″E / 13.26389°N 144.671250°E / 13.26389; 144.671250
AreaLess than one acre
Built1943 (1943)
NRHP reference No.12000973
Added to NRHPNovember 28, 2012

The Malesso Japanese Rice Mill is (despite its name) a historic World War II-era storage building in Merizo, Guam. It is a single-story concrete structure with two rooms, located on a small parcel in a residential area south of Guam Highway 4 off Barcinas Road. The concrete was made of locally sourced aggregate and lime. It was completed (according to an inscription on its south wall) on December 24, 1943, by conscripted Chamorro labor working for the occupying Japanese authorities. It was built as part of a project by the Japanese to improve rice production in the area during the later period of the occupation. There is no evidence that the building was intended to house facilities for milling rice, although it has always been referred to locally as a rice mill. It is the only known non-military structure to survive on the island from the Japanese occupation period.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Malesso Japanese Rice Mill" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
National Register of Historic Places in Malesso, Guam
Historic properties Location of Malesso in Guam
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Malesso, Guam


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