Conestee Mill

National Register Listing

Street Address:

1 Spanco Dr., Conestee, SC (Greenville County)

Alternate Name:

Reedy River Manufacturing Company

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NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817723075

Description and Narrative:

The Conestee Mill is significant for its association with the textile industry in South Carolina during its most successful period of expansion and production, ca. 1880-1920, and then on a more limited basis from 1920 through ca. 1960. It also illustrates the growth and development of this mill in particular, and the textile industry in general, as reflected in additions and alterations between 1884 and ca. 1960. The historic resources in this mill complex are Conestee Mill, built by 1876, with significant additions in 1884, and by 1893, 1898, 1902, 1920, and the 1950s; the Company Store/Mill Office/Post Office, built in 1919; and Conestee Dam and Spillway and Conestee Lake, created and built prior to 1876 and enhanced in 1892. The Conestee Mill, originally known as the Reedy River Manufacturing Company, is the second textile mill on this property. Through its operation, Conestee Mill provided important local employment and supported a large mill village. The mill remained profitable from the Gilded Age through the Depression, but closed in 1939. Reopened in 1946, it continued operation with limited success through the 1950s and 1960s before closing finally in 1971. Listed in the National Register March 2, 2014.

Period of Significance:

circa 1876 – 1960;1884;1898;1902;1919;1925;1939;1946;1954

Level of Significance:

Local

Area of Significance:

Industry

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

March 2 2014

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