Former Nebel Knitting Mill Explained

Nebel Knitting Mill, Former
Location:101 W. Worthington Ave., Charlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.2114°N -80.8606°W
Built:, 1929
Architect:Biberstein, Richard C.
Architecture:Vernacular industrial
Added:September 5, 1991
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:91001376

Former Nebel Knitting Mill is a historic textile mill building located at Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was designed by noted mill architect Richard C. Biberstein and built in 1927 and expanded in 1929. It is a two-story, reinforced concrete building with a brick veneer and decorative concrete detailing with Art Moderne detailing. The building has a rectangular plan measuring 204 feet across the facade and 182 feet deep. The 1927 portion has a stepped-parapet roofline with concrete coping, while the mill's 1929 part has concrete coping and a simple, crenelated roofline.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

Today this area has been redeveloped into the Design District (Charlotte).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Suzanne S. Pickens and Richard L. Mattson . Former Nebel Knitting Mill. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . September 1990 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.