Mount Holly in Gaston County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Mount Holly Cotton Mill
1875
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 3, 2024
1. Mount Holly Cotton Mill Marker
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1875.
Location. 35° 18.043′ N, 81° 0.875′ W. Marker is in Mount Holly, North Carolina, in Gaston County. Marker can be reached from the intersection of North Main Street and Alsace Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 250 N Main St, Mount Holly NC 28120, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Cannon-Lentz House (approx. ¼ mile away); 131 South Main Street (approx. 0.3 miles away); Joseph Dickson (approx. 1.8 miles away); Saint Joseph's Catholic Church (approx. 2.6 miles away); St. Joseph's (approx. 2.7 miles away); Goshen Presbyterian Church (approx. 3½ miles away); Belmont Abbey College (approx. 3.7 miles away); Flood of 1916 (approx. 3.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mount Holly.
Regarding Mount Holly Cotton Mill.
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The Mount Holly Cotton Mill was built in 1875 by a partnership between Abel Peterson Rhyne, Daniel E. Rhyne, and Ambrose Costner along Dutchman's Creek near the Catawba River in Gaston County. It was the fourth textile mill built and the oldest surviving in Gaston County which retains the distinction claimed since the early twentieth century of having more textile mills than any other county in the United States. The Mount Holly Cotton Mill complex, which grew incrementally between 1875 and ca. 1919, is significant as an example of the functional Italianate-inspired industrial architecture that became a New South icon in the Gaston County landscape between the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth. The 1875 establishment of the mill on the banks of Dutchman's Creek was a seminal event that sparked the 1879 change of the name of the adjacent settlement from Woodlawn to Mount Holly to recognize the mill, and the subsequent growth of the community into a flourishing textile production center that boasted four mills by 1891. In 1920 the Mount Holly Cotton Mill was merged into C. E. Hutchinson's American Yarn and Processing Company, and operated 5,700 spindles. In 1947 American Yarn acquired controlling interest in the Efrid Mills Company, and in 1953 the Mount Holly Cotton Mill complexwas converted into a research unit. The site was abandoned in the early 1960s, and in 1973 was sold to an independent mill operator…Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 3, 20242. Mount Holly Cotton Mill Marker
Also see . . . Mount Holly Cotton Mill (PDF). National Register nomination for the mill complex, which was listed in 1996. (Prepared by Lucy Penegar and Barry Jacobs; via North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office) (Submitted on February 10, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 3, 2024
3. Mount Holly Cotton Mill
View of the 1875 portion of the mill.
NC Bureau of Labor Statistics; from NC Government & Heritage Library via Flickr (CC BY 2.0), 1897
4. Mount Holly Cotton Mill
The mill began in March, 1875 with the construction of this rectangular three-story brick building. It became the center block of the present building when it was expanded in 1916.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 10, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 64 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 10, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
