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Former Thrift Mill

Coordinates: 35°16′37″N 80°56′40″W / 35.27694°N 80.94444°W / 35.27694; -80.94444
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Thrift Mill, Former
Former Thrift Mill, September 2014
Former Thrift Mill is located in North Carolina
Former Thrift Mill
Former Thrift Mill is located in the United States
Former Thrift Mill
Location8300 Moore's Chapel Rd., Charlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates35°16′37″N 80°56′40″W / 35.27694°N 80.94444°W / 35.27694; -80.94444
Area16 acres (6.5 ha)
Built1912 (1912)
Architectural styleFunctional Industrial
NRHP reference No.94001049[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 26, 1994

Former Thrift Mill is a historic textile mill complex and national historic district located near Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The complex was built about 1912 and consists of three principal production and warehouse buildings: the Main Building; the Weave Department; and the Warehouse. Other contributing resources are the Storage Structure (c. 1912); the Reservoir (c. 1912); Water Tower No. 1 (c. 1925); Water Tower No. 2 (c. 1925); and Pump House No. 1 (c. 1925).[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Richard L. Mattson and Frances P. Alexander (March 1994). "Former Thrift Mill" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.