Sterling Cotton Mill
Sterling Cotton Mill | |
 The historic Sterling Cotton Mill located in Franklinton, North Carolina. | |
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| Location | SE jct. of Seabord RR tracks and E. Green St., Franklinton, North Carolina |
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| Area | 7 acres (2.8 ha) |
| Built | 1895 |
| Architectural style | Industrial Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 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]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ 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.
- Cotton mills in the United States
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Italianate architecture in North Carolina
- Industrial buildings completed in 1895
- Buildings and structures in Franklin County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, North Carolina
- Research Triangle region, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs