Hollar Hosiery Mills-Knit Sox Knitting Mills
Hollar Hosiery Mills-Knit Sox Knitting Mills is a historic knitting mill located at Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. It consists of two mill brick manufacturing buildings and a boiler house that were connected by a hyphen in the mid-1960s. The first mill building was built about 1930, and is a one- to two-story, 16 bay, brick veneer structure. The boiler house was also built about 1930, and is a small, brick building, with its flat roof and terra cotta coping. The hosiery yarn mill was built about 1940, and is two-story, six bay by 10 bay, brick-veneered building. Both mill buildings feature banks of steel-sash factory windows. The knitting mill operated until 1968.[2]
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| Location | 883 Highland Ave., SE, Hickory, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°44′07″N 81°19′32″W |
| Area | 2.38 acres (0.96 ha) |
| Built | c. 1930, c. 1940 |
| NRHP reference No. | 12001087[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 26, 2012 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[1]
References
- "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/26/12 through 12/28/12. National Park Service. 2013-01-04.
- Richard Mattson and Frances Alexander (April 2012). "Hollar Hosiery Mills-Knit Sox Knitting Mills" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
