National Register of Historic Places

Savona Mill

Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Listed
December 2, 2014
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
14000989

About this property

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. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. 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.

Location

528 S. Turner Ave.
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
35.24134, -80.86723

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Battles

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When was Savona Mill listed on the National Register?

Savona Mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 2014.

What type of historic resource is Savona Mill?

Savona Mill is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Savona Mill is recorded as the industrial era.

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