Glencoe Mill Village Historic District

Glencoe Mill Village Historic District

Glencoe Mill, HAER Photo, April 1978
Location Off NC 62 at Haw River, Glencoe, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°08′27″N 79°25′44″W / 36.14083°N 79.42889°W / 36.14083; -79.42889Coordinates: 36°08′27″N 79°25′44″W / 36.14083°N 79.42889°W / 36.14083; -79.42889
Area 105 acres (42 ha)
Built 1880 (1880)-1882
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP Reference # 79001654[1]
Added to NRHP February 16, 1979

Glencoe Mill Village Historic District is a national historic district located at Glencoe, Alamance County, North Carolina. It encompasses 48 contributing buildings and 6 contributing structures built between 1880 and 1882 in Glencoe. The district consists of three parts: 1) a manufacturing and commercial complex; 2) a power and water system; and 3) a residential and social unit. The complex includes a three-story, Italianate style main mill building, a wheel house, a one-story picker house, a dye-house, finishing room and napper house, cotton warehouses and other storage buildings, and an office and company store complex. The power and water system includes a concrete dam across the Haw River, tail race, and a generating plant. The residential and social unit includes 41 frame dwellings, some with detached kitchens and outbuildings, a lodge, and the ruins of the village church.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Barry Jacobs (n.d.). "Glencoe Mill Village Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

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