Oakland Mill Explained

Oakland Mill
Location:2802 Fair Ave., Newberry, South Carolina
Coordinates:34.2939°N -81.6278°W
Built:c. -1912, 1949-1950, 1950-1951
Architecture:Romanesque Revival
Added:June 15, 2011
Refnum:11000372[1]

Oakland Mill, also known as Oakland-Kendall Mill, is a historic textile mill complex located at Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina. The original section was built between 1910 and 1912, with building expansion campaigns conducted from 1949 to 1950 and from 1950 to 1951. The original section reflects Romanesque Revival style design influences. The complex includes the main mill building, a one-story brick office building, a two-story brick boiler house with a brick smokestack and auxiliary building, two masonry and concrete warehouses, two wood-frame auxiliary storage buildings, a railroad spur, two water towers, and a reservoir. The mill remained in operation until the 2000s.[2] [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]

It has been renovated and is now being used as apartment buildings; one building is open to the general public while the other building is reserved for students of nearby Newberry College.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2011-06-24. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/13/11 through 6/17/11. National Park Service.
  2. Web site: T. Gordon McLeod . Oakland Mill . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . August 2009 . 29 June 2014.
  3. Web site: Oakland Mill, Newberry County (2802 Fair Ave., Newberry) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 29 June 2014.