Belmont Hosiery Mill

Belmont Hosiery Mill was a historic textile mill building located at Belmont, Gaston County, North Carolina. The original section was built in 1945–1946, and was a two-story-on-basement brick mill building. In 1952, a two-bay-deep, two-story-on basement addition was built and in 1958, a two-story-on-basement rectangular addition was built and features Art Moderne detailing. In 1969, a roughly "U"-shaped two-story-on-basement addition was built at the rear of the mill. A small one-story loading dock addition completed around 1998. The mill closed in 2000.[2] The mill has been demolished.

Belmont Hosiery Mill
Location608 S. Main St., Belmont, North Carolina
Coordinates35°14′15″N 81°2′54″W
Area6.6 acres (2.7 ha)
Built1945 (1945)-1946, 1952, 1958, 1969, c. 1998
Built bySouthern Engineering Inc.
ArchitectBiberstein, Herman V.
Architectural styleModerne
NRHP reference No.02000987[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 16, 2002

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Jennifer Martin and Sarah Woodard (May 2002). "Belmont Hosiery Mill" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.


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