Simpsonville Cotton Mill / Woodside Mill

Simpsonville Cotton Mill

This mill, opened in 1908, was built after several leading men of Simpsonville asked Edward F. Woodside of the Pelzer Manufacturing Co. to help them establish a textile mill. The Simpsonville Cotton Mill, with Woodside as president and ...

Edenton Cotton Mill

Founded by local investors in 1898, mill had major impact on local economy.

Deeded to the Historic Preservation Foundation of NC in 1995.

Marker is at the intersection of East Church Street and McMullan Avenue, on the right when traveling east on ...

Newberry Cotton Mills

Newberry Cotton Mills, incorporated

in 1882, began operation in 1885. The

mill was designed by prominent

textile mill architects Lockwood,

Greene, & Co. and was one of the

first cotton mills in the United States

operated by steam power. Z.F. Wright,

who served as president 1905 ...

Cotton and Textile Mills

(1822 to early 20th Century)

A cotton mill was established near this site in 1822. Although short~lived, it was the forerunner of other cotton and textile factories located in this area during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Cherry Cotton ...

Cotton Mill

Once the largest building on Virginius Island, this 1848 four-story brick structure sported steam heat and gas lighting and boasted the latest machinery for making "yard-wide sheeting and shirting at less than Baltimore prices." The cotton mill operated under various ...

Alamance Cotton Mill

Built 1837 by E. M. Holt. Produced Alamance Plaid, the first factory-dyed cotton cloth south of the Potomac. Stood here.

Marker is on Alamance Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Mills & McBayer Cotton Warehouse

West End Commercial Historic District

The National Register

of Historic Places:

Mills & McBayer

Cotton Warehouse

West End Commercial

Historic District

Marker is at the intersection of Augusta Street (South Carolina Route 20) and South Main Street, on the left ...

Early Cotton Mill

About 1836 William T. Ellerbe, John McQueen, and John N. Williams built a cotton mill approximately one mile northwest. Power for operation of the mill came from the waters of nearby Crooked Creek. Ellerbe and Williams sold their stock in ...

Whittier Cotton Mill and Village

Whittier Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts opened a new Atlanta factory on this site in 1896. Development of the mill complex included the construction of Whittier Mill Village, a mill-centered residential community for workers and their families, where a physician ...

The Lenoir Cotton Mill

the Lenoir Cotton Mill, built between 1810 and 1821, was one of a series of mills in the community along Town Creek and the only one surviving. They were built by William B. Lenoir, a prosperous manufacturer, miller and merchant. ...