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544: 342: 270: 65: 90: 330: 294: 306: 354: 282: 48: 318: 551: 97: 72: 239:. The Morgan family continued to run the mill until 1919. Throughout the 1900’s, the mill changed owners several times until it ceased all manufacturing in the 1980’s. Throughout the years of operation, the manufacturing products included: cloth, cotton yarn, twine, other types of yarn, rugs, and car seat covering material. 1157: 234:
Thomas R. Jackson deeded 268 acres to Albert A. Homsley. Homsley eventually built a mill building in 1855 that became the precursor to the Double Shoals Mill. The building and land changed hands in 1867 and again in 1874 when it was sold to E. A. Morgan, with additions made in 1965 and in the 1970s.
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The building is currently under renovations for use as an indoor and outdoor event venue, an auto restoration shop, and art classes are also held there.. It was listed on the
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In 2016 work began to transform the once abandoned mill into something special. The first action was to convert the lower level for use as a custom car shop,
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He named the mill Double Shoals Mill Company. Other names for the mill were the Double Shoals Manufacturing Company and Lucky Strike Yarn Mill, north of
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style design elements. Also on the property are a contributing mill race and dam, built about 1880.
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Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
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property in Cleveland County, North Carolina on the National Register of Historic Places
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Rendering from the new owners website showing the future of this historic property
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National Register of Historic Places in Cleveland County, North Carolina
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Live music performed on the back lawn at Double Shoals Cotton Mill
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National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory
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Buildings and structures in Cleveland County, North Carolina
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First Broad River located behind Double Shoals Cotton Mill
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Old carding brush on a shelf at Double Shoals Cotton Mill
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Western North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
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Broken glass in the ruins of Double Shoals Cotton Mill
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is a historic post-Civil War textile mill located at
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Industrial archaeological sites in the United States
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Textile machinery manufacturers of the United States
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Double Shoals Cotton Mill is located in North Carolina
Double Shoals Cotton Mill is located in the United States
Shelby, North Carolina
35°22′51″N 81°32′43″W / 35.38083°N 81.54528°W / 35.38083; -81.54528
08000775
Cleveland County, North Carolina
Italianate
Shelby, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places
Fabbit Customs
Double Shoals Cotton Mill as seen from the bridge
Live music performed on the back lawn at Double Shoals Cotton Mill
Broken glass in the ruins of Double Shoals Cotton Mill
The foundation under Double Shoals Cotton Mill
The doors to nowhere
Old carding brush on a shelf at Double Shoals Cotton Mill
First Broad River located behind Double Shoals Cotton Mill
Rendering from the new owners website showing the future of this historic property


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"Double Shoals Cotton Mill"
"Double Shoals Cotton Mill"
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