Orient Manufacturing Company-Chadwick-Hoskins No. 3

Orient Manufacturing Company-Chadwick-Hoskins No. 3, also known as Alpha-Orient Cotton Mill, is a historic cotton mill located at Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was built in 1901–1902, and is a two-story, Romanesque Revival style brick building. It incorporates portions of an original mill building built about 1889. The building has a low, front gable roof with exposed rafters, brick exterior walls, and segmental arched windows. It features a three-story staircase tower with a castellated parapet, tall, narrow windows, and a round arched entrance.[2]

Orient Manufacturing Company-Chadwick-Hoskins No. 3
Interior section of the mill complex
Orient Manufacturing Company-Chadwick-Hoskins No. 3 is located in North Carolina
Orient Manufacturing Company-Chadwick-Hoskins No. 3
Orient Manufacturing Company-Chadwick-Hoskins No. 3 is located in the United States
Orient Manufacturing Company-Chadwick-Hoskins No. 3
Location311 E. Twelfth St., Charlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates35°12′12″N 80°49′53″W / 35.20333°N 80.83139°W / 35.20333; -80.83139
Area5.8 acres (2.3 ha)
Built1901 (1901)-1902
Built byTompkins, D.A., Company
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.06000721[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 15, 2006

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1] The building had been converted into an apartment complex named Alpha Mill Apartments.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Frances Alexander and Richard Mattson (March 2006). "Orient Manufacturing Company-Chadwick-Hoskins No. 3" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  3. ^ United States. Federal Transit Administration (2011). "Lynx Blue Line Extension Northeast Corridor Light Rail Project, Charlotte-Mecklenburg County: Environmental Impact Statement". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)