Sterling Cotton Mill

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Sterling Cotton Mill
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The historic Sterling Cotton Mill located in Franklinton, North Carolina.
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LocationSE jct. of Seabord RR tracks and E. Green St., Franklinton, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°5′59″N78°27′25″W / 36.09972°N 78.45694°W / 36.09972; -78.45694 Coordinates: 36°5′59″N78°27′25″W / 36.09972°N 78.45694°W / 36.09972; -78.45694
Area7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built1895 (1895)
Architectural styleIndustrial Italianate
NRHP reference No. 96000568 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 16, 1996

Sterling Cotton Mill, also known as the Franklinton Cotton Mill, is a historic cotton mill complex located at 108-112 East Green Street in Franklinton, Franklin County, North Carolina. [2] [3] The main mill is a one and two-story L-shaped brick building with Industrial Italianate style design elements. The mill consists of five sections: the original gabled one-story section rising to a two-story section at the east end (1895); a two-story addition (1914), a one-story addition (1960s); pre-1926 "cotton sheds"; and a small two-story brick office (1966). Associated with the mill is the contributing detached chimney stack. The mill was built by Samuel C. Vann, whose son Aldridge built the Aldridge H. Vann House. The mill closed in 1991. [4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [1] The Sterling Cotton Mill is now home to the Lofts at Sterling Mill (apartments) and Inter Technologies. [2] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Lofts at Sterling Mill, Retrieved Jun. 21, 2019.
  3. North Carolina State University, Convenience Contract #63-CCC624141, Retrieved Jan. 15, 2020.
  4. M. Ruth Little (February 1996). "Sterling Cotton Mill" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
  5. Inter Technologies, Retrieved Jun. 21, 2019.