Shamrock Mills

Shamrock Mills, also known as Hanes Hosiery Mill #1, is a historic textile mill building located at Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was built in 1911, and is a one-story brick building with daylight basement. It is six bays deep and extends in seven sections with a rhythmic saw-tooth roof and six-foot skylights. An addition was built in 1925. It was the first building used by the Hanes Hosiery Company. The mill closed in 1926, and the building subsequently housed a Cadillac dealership.[2] The building houses the Sawtooth School for Visual Art.

Shamrock Mills
Shamrock Mills, September 2007
Shamrock Mills is located in North Carolina
Shamrock Mills
Shamrock Mills is located in the United States
Shamrock Mills
Location3rd and Marshall Sts., Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Coordinates36°5′45″N 80°14′55″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1911 (1911), 1925
NRHP reference No.78001951[1]
Added to NRHPMay 23, 1978

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Gwynne S. Taylor (n.d.). "Shamrock Mills" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.


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