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 | |
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| Location | 311 E. Twelfth St., Charlotte, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°12′12″N 80°49′53″W / 35.20333°N 80.83139°W |
| Area | 5.8 acres (2.3 ha) |
| Built | 1901-1902 |
| Built by | Tompkins, D.A., Company |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 06000721[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 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
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ United States. Federal Transit Administration (2011). "Lynx Blue Line Extension Northeast Corridor Light Rail Project, Charlotte-Mecklenburg County: Environmental Impact Statement".
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