May Hosiery Mills Knitting Mill

Coordinates: 36°05′31″N 79°26′23″W / 36.09194°N 79.43972°W / 36.09194; -79.43972
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May Hosiery Mills Knitting Mill
Western side of the May Hosiery Mills Knitting Mill, now an apartment building (October 21, 2019)
May Hosiery Mills Knitting Mill is located in North Carolina
May Hosiery Mills Knitting Mill
May Hosiery Mills Knitting Mill is located in the United States
May Hosiery Mills Knitting Mill
Location612 South Main Street, Burlington, North Carolina
Coordinates36°05′31″N 79°26′23″W / 36.09194°N 79.43972°W / 36.09194; -79.43972
Built1928
Architectural styleIndustrial architecture
NRHP reference No.16000585
Added to NRHPAugust 26, 2016

May Hosiery Mills Knitting Mill is a historic building that was built as an early 20th-century hosiery knitting mill in Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina.[1] Built in 1928, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2][3]

History[edit]

The knitting mill was built by William and Benjamin May in the first half of the 1900s. The structure consists of one-story-on-partial basement which is built with brick and reinforced concrete.[1] A distinctive sawtooth roof is a prominent feature of this building which depicts an early 20th century textile mill design.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "May Hosiery Mills Knitting Mill". www.nps.gov. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  2. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - May Hosiery Mills Knitting Mill" (PDF). July 22, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Times-News. "Burlington sites added to U.S. historic register". The Times-News. Retrieved April 14, 2021.