Belmont Hosiery Mill Explained

Belmont Hosiery Mill
Location:608 S. Main St., Belmont, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.2375°N -81.0483°W
Built:-1946, 1952, 1958, 1969, c. 1998
Architect:Biberstein, Herman V.
Builder:Southern Engineering Inc.
Architecture:Moderne
Added:September 16, 2002
Refnum:02000987

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.[1] The mill has been demolished.

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jennifer Martin and Sarah Woodard. Belmont Hosiery Mill. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . May 2002. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-11-01.