Glencoe Mill Village Historic District
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Glencoe Mill Village Historic District | |
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Glencoe Mill, HAER Photo, April 1978 | |
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| Location | Off NC 62 at Haw River, Glencoe, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°08′27″N 79°25′44″W / 36.14083°N 79.42889°WCoordinates: 36°08′27″N 79°25′44″W / 36.14083°N 79.42889°W |
| Area | 105 acres (42 ha) |
| Built | 1880-1882 |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| NRHP Reference # | 79001654[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 16, 1979 |
Glencoe Mill Village Historic District is a national historic district located at Glencoe, Alamance County, North Carolina. It encompasses 48 contributing buildings and 6 contributing structures built between 1880 and 1882 in Glencoe. The district consists of three parts: 1) a manufacturing and commercial complex; 2) a power and water system; and 3) a residential and social unit. The complex includes a three-story, Italianate style main mill building, a wheel house, a one-story picker house, a dye-house, finishing room and napper house, cotton warehouses and other storage buildings, and an office and company store complex. The power and water system includes a concrete dam across the Haw River, tail race, and a generating plant. The residential and social unit includes 41 frame dwellings, some with detached kitchens and outbuildings, a lodge, and the ruins of the village church.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Barry Jacobs (n.d.). "Glencoe Mill Village Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
External links
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NC-6, "Glencoe Cotton Mills, State Routes 1598 & 1600, Glencoe, Alamance County, NC", 17 photos, 3 measured drawings, 23 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
