Acme-McCrary Hosiery Mills

Acme-McCrary Hosiery Mills, also known as Acme Hosiery Mills, McCrary Hosiery Mills, and Asheboro Grocery Company, is a historic textile mill complex located at Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina. The complex includes six buildings and a smokestack, erected between 1909 and 1962. The mill buildings were designed by architect Richard C. Biberstein and the oldest section is a two-story, heavy-timber-frame mill with load bearing brick walls. The Acme-McCrary-Sapona Recreation Center was built in 1948–1949, and is a two-story, Art Moderne style brick recreation center.[2] The buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]

Acme-McCrary Hosiery Mills
Mill #2
Location124, 148, 159 North & 173 N. Church Sts., Asheboro, North Carolina
Coordinates35°42′25″N 79°49′01″W
Area7.32 acres (2.96 ha)
Built1909 (1909)-1964
ArchitectBiberstein, R. C.
Architectural styleArt Moderne, Commercial Style
NRHP reference No.14000496[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 18, 2014

The buildings were owned by Acme Hosiery Mills, which was purchased by brothers-in-law D.B. McCrary and T.H. Redding in 1909. Acme-McCrary went on to become the third-largest producer of private label hosiery in the world, with factories in three locations. Its production assets were purchased by Sri Lanka-based MAS Capital in 2017, but Acme-McCrary retained the historic buildings in Asheboro, which by that point only housed its corporate offices.[3] Acme-McCrary planned to vacate the buildings following the acquisition, opening up almost 200,000 square feet of downtown real estate for commercial or residential use.[4]

References
  1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/18/14 through 8/23/14. National Park Service. 2014-08-29.
  2. Heather Fearnbach (April 2014). "Acme-McCrary Hosiery Mills" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  3. Womick, Chip. "Acme-McCrary sale promises 133 new jobs, $20M investment". The Courier-Tribune. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  4. Womick, Chip. "Acme-McCrary sale: A 'win-win' for Asheboro". The Courier-Tribune. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
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