Abbeville Mills

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Milliken Mills

Street Address:

Mill Street, Abbeville, South Carolina (Abbeville County)

---

Date Surveyed:

circa 1981

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1898

Historic Use:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Use:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Number of Stories:

3

Exterior Walls Materials:

Brick

Foundation Materials:

Brick

Roof Shape:

Pyramidal

Roof Materials:

Standing seam metal

Signficant Architectural Features:

3-story brick mill building; 5-story towers at East and West ends; casement windows 15 and 15 pane, w/ arched 10-pane fixed sash above; segmental 5-course brick arches top windows; most windows have not been bricked up; 48 bays long; 9 bays wide; main building; low-pitched gable roof w/ eaves brackets; towers 5-story; 3rd and 4th stories have single 8/12 sash windows w/ segmental brick-arched heads on each side; 5-stage corbeling between 4th and 5th floors of towers; 5th floor has triple 4-light sash in each elevation, w/ 5-course round brick arches above; pyramidal roof w/ deep eaves; brackets. 3 metal water towers; power house w/ tall brick chimney on south side; brick warehouse on south.

Alterations:

Brick additions, some windows closed up; large windowless brick additions of various sizes on north and east elevations.

Survey:

Abbeville - City 1981

Archives Location:

Box 9, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014

---