Olympia Mill Explained

Olympia Mill
Location:500 Heyward St., Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates:33.9828°N -81.0364°W
Architect:Whaley, W.B. Smith & Co.
Architecture:Romanesque
Added:February 2, 2005
Refnum:04001590

Olympia Mill, also known as Pacific Mill, is a historic textile mill complex located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1899, and consists of a four-story, red brick, rectangular shaped, main mill building connected to a one and two-story red brick power plant. The main building is in the Romanesque Revival style and features terra cotta detailing, large segmental arched window openings, and twin pyramidal roofed towers. The complex also includes: a one-story brick power plant auxiliary building, a one-story storage building, and two small brick one-story gatehouses.[1] [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cynthia Rose Hamilton. Olympia Mill . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . August 2004 . pdf . 2014-01-07.
  2. Web site: Olympia Mill, Richland County (500 Heyward St., Columbia) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 2014-01-07.