Southern Asbestos Company Mills

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Southern Asbestos Company Mills
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Southern Asbestos Company Mills, May 2007
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Location1000 Seaboard St., Charlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°14′21″N80°50′41″W / 35.23917°N 80.84472°W / 35.23917; -80.84472
Area7.4 acres (3.0 ha)
Builtc. 1904 (1904)-1959
ArchitectBiberstein, R.C.
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No. 07001500 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 30, 2008

Southern Asbestos Company Mills, also known as Fiber Mills, is a historic asbestos factory complex located at 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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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Diana B. Taylor (May 2016). "National Asbestos Training". The Abestos Institute. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  3. Logan McClintic-Smith and Sheryl Jaslow (September 2002). "Southern Asbestos Company Mills" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.