{"nrhp_refnum":"03000858","name":"Bellevue Manufacturing Company","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Nash St. and Eno St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hillsborough","county":"Orange County","state":"NC","lat":36.07309190900003,"lon":-79.11113174099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-08-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick textile mill with a one-story weaving wing and associated mill buildings in West Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, built circa 1909 along the railroad corridor, with additions in 1920 and 1923 and a 1960s infill.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the mill is significant for its role in the industrial development of Hillsborough as one of two historic textile mills in the town. It retains architectural integrity from its period of significance and reflects slow-burn mill construction and the growth of the local textile economy.","narrative":"West Hillsborough's Bellevue Manufacturing Company is a brick textile mill built circa 1909 beside the railroad near Nash Street. Its two-story main block has load-bearing brick walls, wood plank floors and a basilica-type plan typical of slow-burn construction. Additions in 1920 brought a weaving room with a roof monitor, and in 1923 J. E. Sirrine extended the mill west and built a cloth building, creating a U-shaped complex. The company was founded by local entrepreneur Shepperd Strudwick, who was its president for twenty-five years. The mill was the second textile mill in Hillsborough, and together with the nearby Eno Cotton Mill and worker housing it formed the industrial core of West Hillsborough. It is regarded as an important example of the town's industrial growth in the early twentieth century, and its original brick walls and window fabric remain largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1909-1953","architect_builder":"Architect of the original mill unknown; J. E. Sirrine (1923 addition); Richard Biberstein (machinery layout and 1920 weaving room)","architectural_style":"Slow-burn industrial construction; classicizing engine and boiler room facades","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Retains integrity from its period of significance; the 1960s infill enclosed the center of the complex.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.312732-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/78/7216/47721678/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/03000858.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000858/37c886e752-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000858/37c886e752-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BELLEVUE_MANUFACTURING_COMPANY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BELLEVUE_MANUFACTURING_COMPANY.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"73001363","name":"Hillsborough Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/hillsborough-historic-district-73001363/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721678","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellevue_Manufacturing_Company","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19600417"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/orange-county/bellevue-manufacturing-company-03000858/"}