Sterling Cotton Mill

Sterling Cotton Mill
The historic Sterling Cotton Mill located in Franklinton, North Carolina.
Location SE jct. of Seabord RR tracks and E. Green St., Franklinton, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°5′59″N 78°27′25″W / 36.09972°N 78.45694°W / 36.09972; -78.45694Coordinates: 36°5′59″N 78°27′25″W / 36.09972°N 78.45694°W / 36.09972; -78.45694
Area 7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built 1895 (1895)
Architectural style Industrial Italianate
NRHP reference # 96000568[1]
Added to NRHP May 16, 1996

Sterling Cotton Mill, also known as the Franklinton Cotton Mill, is a historic cotton mill complex located at 106 East Green Street in Franklinton, Franklin County, North Carolina. The main mill is a one and two-story L-shaped brick building with Industrial Italianate style design elements. The mill consists of five sections: the original gabled one-story section rising to a two-story section at the east end (1895); a two-story addition (1914), a one-story addition (1960s); pre-1926 "cotton sheds"; and a small two-story brick office (1966). Associated with the mill is the contributing detached chimney stack. The mill was built by Samuel C. Vann, whose son Aldridge built the Aldridge H. Vann House. The mill closed in 1991.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1] The Sterling Cotton Mill is currently undergoing renovations to become an apartment complex.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. M. Ruth Little (February 1996). "Sterling Cotton Mill" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
  3. The Franklin Times, From cotton mill to apartments, construction almost within sight by Carey Johnson, July 26, 2017, Retrieved Jun. 29, 2018.


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