Durham Hosiery Mills No. 2–Service Printing Company Building Explained

Durham Hosiery Mills No. 2–Service Printing Company Building
Coordinates:35.9897°N -78.8978°W
Added:November 27, 1985
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:85003055

Durham Hosiery Mills No. 2–Service Printing Company Building was a historic textile mill building located at Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. It was the remaining section of a one-story brick building constructed by the Durham Hosiery Mills Corporation in 1916. The other section was destroyed by a fire in 1979. It featured tall segmental arched windows, heavy exposed curved rafter ends in the eaves, and a monitor roof. After 1947, it housed the Service Printing Company.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It subsequently was destroyed by fire in 1985.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Claudia Roberts Brown. Durham Hosiery Mills No. 2–Service Printing Company Building. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . June 1984. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-10-01.