Savona Mill | |
 Savona Mill in 2025. | |
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| Location | 528 S. Turner St., Charlotte, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°14′29″N 80°52′02″W / 35.24139°N 80.86722°W / 35.24139; -80.86722 |
| Area | 4.18 acres (1.69 ha) |
| Built | 1915 (1915)-1916, 1921, 1951 |
| Built by | Franklin, R. F. |
| Architect | Lockwood Greene & Company; Biberstein, Richard C. |
| NRHP reference No. | 14000989[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 2, 2014 |
Savona Mill, also known as Savona Manufacturing Company, Alfred Cotton Mill, and Old Dominion Box Company, is a historic textile mill located at Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The building consists of four sections, three of which are historic. They are the 1915-1916 Weave Mill, a one-story rectangular brick building with segmental arched head windows, a low gable roof with exposed beam ends and a wood clerestory monitor roof; the 1921 Spinning Mill, a three-story rectangular brick building with large rectangular steel windows; and the 1951 three-story Paper Warehouse addition. The Weave Mill was designed by Lockwood, Greene & Co.; Richard C. Biberstein designed the Spinning Mill.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]
The property is currently owned by an affiliate of Argos Real Estate Advisors, based in Charlotte, NC, and includes approximately 30 acres and 300,000 total square feet of improvements.
References
- "National Register of Historic Places Listings" (PDF). Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/01/14 through 12/05/14. National Park Service. December 12, 2014.
- Richard Sidebottom and Jen Hembree (July 2014). "Savona Mill" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.