Southern Asbestos Company Mills | |
Location | 1000 Seaboard St., Charlotte, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°14′21″N80°50′41″W / 35.23917°N 80.84472°W |
Area | 7.4 acres (3.0 ha) |
Built | c. 1904 | -1959
Architect | Biberstein, R.C. |
Architectural style | Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 07001500 [1] |
Added to NRHP | January 30, 2008 |
Southern Asbestos Company Mills, also known as Fiber Mills, is a historic asbestos factory complex located in Charlotte, [2] Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The complex consists of two red brick buildings joined by a bridge section and constructed in phases primarily between 1904 and 1959. During the 1940s and early 1950s, R. C. Biberstein Company made some improvements and designed additions. [3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. [1]
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