Brandon Mill
National Register Listing
Street Address:
25 Draper St., Greenville vicinity (Greenville County)
NRHP Nomination
Record Number:
S10817723077
Description and Narrative:
Brandon Mill, completed in 1901, with later additions, is significant for its association with the history of the textile industry in the first half of the twentieth century in Greenville. Brandon Mill conveys the industry that was central to the economic and physical development of Greenville and the upcountry of South Carolina during this period. The mill shares the common design heritage of many mills in Greenville with the principal engineers being the firm of Lockwood, Greene & Co. as well as having significant additions designed by renowned regional engineer Joseph E. Sirrine, and constructed by well known local figure, Captain Jacob W. Cagle. The predominantly early twentieth century Commercial Style brick masonry mill property includes eight contributing buildings: the main mill and addition, engine house, boiler house, machine shop, cloth building, cotton house, fan house, and pump house. There are three contributing structures, including the smoke stack, water tower, and ash hopper. There are three non-contributing buildings, including the storage house, a modern metal trailer, and a modern temporary building. The entire mill complex is surrounded by much of the original mill village which housed the workers who worked in the mill and played on the field giving the mill property strong integrity and context. By 1949 Abney Mills had taken over control of the mill and begun the process of selling off the mill village houses and modernizing the plant to utilize fewer employees. The mill remained in continuous use until it closed in 1977. Listed in the National Register September 3, 2014.
Period of Significance:
1901 – 1949;1901;1909;circa 1920;1928;1949
Level of Significance:
Local
Area of Significance:
Industry
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
September 3 2014
