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Enterprise Mill

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shut down the facility and closed. During the mid and late 1980s, the city originally planned to demolish the aging building at the time, which lasted for 10 years, but city officials later wanted to redevelop the building. A major renovation took place in 1995 as part of the downtown redevelopment.
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Though for most of its existence the mill was used for various manufacturing ventures, in 1983 the mill ceased operations and closed its doors. For many years it was assumed that the structure would be demolished, but in the mid-1990s the Mill underwent a massive overhaul and was converted into
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brick, is still standing today, though the bulk of what is recognizable today as the Enterprise Mill was built in red brick in 1877. Like all the great mills of Augusta, it is built on the Augusta Canal. In 1923 the Graniteville Company acquired the mill and eventually added the large red sign
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apartments and retail and office spaces. The Enterprise Mill stands as today as an example of the revitalization of downtown Augusta that began in the 1990s.
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bearing the company name atop the structure. The sign still stands today and is most noticeable at night when it glows bright red.
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The building remained vacant for another 3 years until in 1998, when developers re-purposed the building into offices and
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Enterprise Manufacturing Company, 1450 Greene Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA
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came to the area to build facilities around the canal. Much of the original mill, built in grey
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Enterprise Mill was developed by James L. Coleman in 1845 and the building opened in 1848 as a
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is a historical residential and office complex along the
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"History of Enterprise Mill - Augusta Georgia - Enterprise Mill"
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