Carr Mill Mall
|
Alberta Mill Complex
|
|
 |
|
|
Carr Mill Mall exterior
|
|
 |
|
| Location: | NE corner Weaver and N. Greensboro Sts., Carrboro, North Carolina |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: | 35°54′41″N 79°4′17″W / 35.91139°N 79.07139°WCoordinates: 35°54′41″N 79°4′17″W / 35.91139°N 79.07139°W |
| Built: | 1882 |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 76001332 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | January 19, 1976 |
Carr Mill Mall is a small, local shopping mall located in Carrboro, North Carolina. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1] It is also a host for numerous local live performances and other cultural events.
[edit] History
Built in 1898 by Thomas F. Lloyd,[2] it was formerly a cotton mill known as Alberta and the town's original name West End. By 1913, it had become one of the world's largest hardwood cross-tie markets, shipping them on train tracks still visible by the mall today. Alberta Cotton Mill is the former mill name of Carr Mill Mall. The mill originally processed cotton.[3] In 1909, the Julian Carr family bought the mill.[2] In 1913 Carrboro, previously known as West End, was renamed "Venable" in honor of Francis P. Venable, the president of the University of North Carolina at that time.[4] The mill closed by 1930. In 1945, the miil re-opened and remained open until the 1960s.
In 1974, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen decided to have the building torn down to build a mall.[4] The community was outraged, and in 1977 the mill reopened again in its new incarnation as Carr Mill Mall.[3] Today, it has expanded to include many shops. It also hosts dental services provided by Orange County, although the $68,000 annually spent for dental services may be cut in the 2009 budget due to an $8.7 million county budget shortfall.[5]
During the course of 2006, some local residents expressed annoyance[6] at new rules[7] stating that all performances on the Weaver Street Market lawn must have signed permission in advance from the owners of Carr Mill Mall. The area consistently holds events and entertainment.[8]
The song Freight Train by Elizabeth Cotten is inspired by the train than ran past her house on Lloyd St, and served the needs of Carr Mill. Cotten wrote the song in the early 1900s, as a young teenager.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b History of Carr Mill Mall on the Carr Mill Mall website [1]
- ^ a b North Carolina Travels page on Carr Mill Mall[2]
- ^ a b Carrboro commons blog"From Mill to Mall"
- ^ Wardle, Sam (2009-04-01). "Carrboro Cybrary funding threatened". Independent Weekly. http://indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A354573. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- ^ "Residents Still Angered by Signs"
- ^ Carr Mill Malls Open Space policy
- ^ Weaver Street events
[edit] External links
|
||||||||||||||||||||
 |
This article about a United States shopping mall is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This article about a property in North Carolina on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
