Roxboro Cotton Mill


Roxboro Cotton Mill
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	115 Lake Dr., Roxboro, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°23′34″N 78°58′42″W / 36.39278°N 78.97833°W / 36.39278; -78.97833Coordinates: 36°23′34″N 78°58′42″W / 36.39278°N 78.97833°W / 36.39278; -78.97833
Area	11.8 acres (4.8 ha)
Built	1899 (1899), 1924
Architectural style	Italianate, Slow-burn Heavy Timber
NRHP Reference #	09000660^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 27, 2009

Roxboro Cotton Mill is a historic cotton mill complex located at Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina. It was built in 1899, and is a two-story, banked, textile mill with Italianate-style influence and slow-burning heavy timber frame construction. An addition to the original mill building was built in 1924, and together they measure approximately 525 feet long (68 bays). The building housed the spinning and carding operations. The mill remained in operation until 1999.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Carrie Ehrfurth (April 2009). "Roxboro Cotton Mill" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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