Highland Park Manufacturing Plant and Cotton Oil Complex

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Highland Park Manufacturing Plant and Cotton Oil Complex
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Highland Park Manufacturing Plant, March 2012
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Location869 Standard St., 732 and 737 E. White St., Rock Hill, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°55′15″N81°0′42″W / 34.92083°N 81.01167°W / 34.92083; -81.01167
Area10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1902 (1902)
Built byHoller, Capt. A.D.
Architectural styleLate Victorian
MPS Rock Hill MPS
NRHP reference No. 92000655 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 10, 1992

Highland Park Manufacturing Plant and Cotton Oil Complex is a historic industrial complex and national historic district located at Rock Hill, South Carolina. It encompasses three contributing building and two contributing structures in Rock Hill. The complex includes the Highland Park Manufacturing Plant (1888–89, 1907), the Highland Park Cotton Oil Mill (1902), and the Highland Park Cotton Oil Mill Office (1902). They are the surviving buildings of a larger complex, including a gin and seed house, the rest of which have been demolished. Surrounding the original mill are portions of the mill village. The mill operated until 1968. [2] [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Paul M. Gettys (September 1990). "Highland Park Manufacturing Plant and Cotton Oil Complex" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  3. "Highland Park Manufacturing Plant and Cotton Oil Complex, York County (869 Standard St. & 732 & 737 E. White St., Rock Hill)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 1, 2014.