May Hosiery Mills Knitting Mill | |
Location | 612 South Main Street, Burlington, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 36°05′31″N79°26′23″W / 36.09194°N 79.43972°W |
Built | 1928 |
Architectural style | Industrial architecture |
NRHP reference No. | 16000585 |
Added to NRHP | August 26, 2016 |
May Hosiery Mills Knitting Mill is a historic building that was built as an early 20th-century hosiery knitting mill in Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. [1] Built in 1928, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] [3]
The knitting mill was built by William and Benjamin May in the first half of the 1900s. The structure consists of one-story-on-partial basement which is built with brick and reinforced concrete. [1] A distinctive sawtooth roof is a prominent feature of this building which depicts an early 20th century textile mill design. [3]
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