Edgefield Cotton Mill - Addison Mill
National Register Listing
Street Address:
100 CTC Drive, Edgefield, SC (Edgefield County)
Alternate Name:
Addison Mills of South Carolina;Beaver Dam Mills;Edgefield Manufacturing Company;Kendall Company - Addison Mills Division
NRHP Nomination
Record Number:
S10817719012
Description and Narrative:
Edgefield Cotton Mill – Addison Mill possesses significance at the local level in Industry and Architecture. Successively owned by Edgefield Manufacturing Company, Beaver Dam Mills, Addison Mills of South Carolina, and the Kendall Company, the mill manifests the importance of textile production as a driving economic force in South Carolina and its specific impact in Edgefield County. Designed by Daniel Augustus Tomkins and built by D.K. Cecil, the plant opened in 1898 and was the county’s sole textile manufacturer until the 1950s, remaining one of the county’s largest industrial operations through the late-twentieth century. As Edgefield’s County’s only late-nineteenth/early-twentieth-century textile mill, the property is also locally significant in Architecture as it exemplifies the industrial design of that era. The mill gradually increased in size during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, as additions and freestanding buildings were constructed to facilitate its operation. The five remaining buildings and structures—the original mill, expanded to the north in 1909 and 1918; original smokestack; circa 1920 garage/workshop; and circa 1910 and 1920 in-ground reservoirs—are in good condition. The period of significance begins in 1898 when the mill began operation and continues to 1971. Listed in the National Register January 13, 2022.
Period of Significance:
1898 – 1971
Level of Significance:
Local
Area of Significance:
Architecture;Industry
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
January 13 2022
