Taylors in Greenville County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Southern Bleachery Mill Village
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Mill Superintendent House

Southern Bleachery Mill Village side of marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bruce InCharlotte, March 18, 2023

1. Southern Bleachery Mill Village side of marker

Inscription.
(side 1)
This is one of more than fifty houses built in 1923-24 for employees of Southern Bleachery, a textile processing plant opened at the east end of Mill St. in 1924. The mill village and plant were designed by J.E. Sirrine & Co. The village and nearby area included churches, stores, schools, a gold course, and tennis courts used by workers. (Continued on other side) (side 2) (Continued from other side) Housing for the plant's overseers was located here on what became known as "Boss Hill." The house on this corner was home to mill superintendents and was the largest of eight Craftsman-style cedar-shake bungalows and garages built on the hill. Houses in the village were company-owned until 1965, when Southern Bleachery closed after several decades as the largest employer in Taylors.

Erected 2021 by Taylors Townsquare. (Marker Number 23-93.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1923.

Location. 34° 55.259′ N, 82° 17.53′ W. Marker is in Taylors, South Carolina, in Greenville County. It is at the intersection of Mill Street and Hill Street, on the right when traveling

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east on Mill Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2 Mill St, Taylors SC 29687, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate

and in the Greater Greenville-Spartanburg Area. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Taylors First Baptist Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); Suber's Mill (approx. 1.8 miles away); Methodist Men Memorial (approx. 2.3 miles away); Rev. James R. Rosemond (approx. 2.7 miles away); Camp Sevier (approx. 3 miles away); Mike Garfield (approx. 3 miles away); Early White Settlement / The Massacre of Jacob Hite (approx. 3.1 miles away); Worth Barnett Overpass (approx. 3.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Taylors.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Chick Springs (was approx. 0.6 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Mill Superintendent House side of marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bruce InCharlotte, March 18, 2023

2. Mill Superintendent House side of marker

Mill Superintendent House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bruce InCharlotte, March 18, 2023

3. Mill Superintendent House

Credits. This page was last revised on April 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 8, 2023, by Bruce InCharlotte of Charlotte, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 484 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 8, 2023, by Bruce InCharlotte of Charlotte, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.

Southern Bleachery Mill Village⎯⎯⎯Mill Superintendent House

Southern Bleachery Mill Village
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Mill Superintendent House