{"nrhp_refnum":"05001172","name":"ATCO-Goodyear Mill and Mill Village Historic District","other_names":["American Textile Company"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Sugar Valley Rd., Cassville Rd. and Pettit Creek, Wingfoot Trail and Litchfield St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cartersville","county":"Bartow County","state":"GA","lat":34.17909879250007,"lon":-84.81918893798596,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-10-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Industry","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic mill and company village district about 400 acres in size, northwest of downtown Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia. The American Textile Company (ATCO) built the mill and village beginning in 1904, and Goodyear bought them in 1929.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the district as a well-preserved example of a textile mill and its company-built village, significant in architecture, community planning and development, industry, and social history. The mill moved from horse collar pad fabric to tire fabric and later synthetic textiles. The village supplied housing, a school, church, stores and recreation facilities in a planned environment for the mill's workers.","narrative":"Northwest of downtown Cartersville, Georgia, a four-story brick textile mill and its surrounding company village occupy roughly 400 acres. The American Textile Company built both in 1904, first making fabric for horse collar pads and later other cotton goods. Goodyear Tire and Rubber bought the complex in 1929 and converted it to tire fabric, with major expansions in 1952 and 1954 that moved production to synthetic textiles. The mill sits on a rail line and beside U.S. Highway 41. The village grew on a gridiron of tree-lined streets with service alleys. It holds hundreds of one-story wood-framed houses in types such as gabled ell, New South, pyramid, temple front and bungalow, mostly with little ornament. The company also provided a school, church, store, pool and ball fields, aiming to supply a complete living environment for workers. The district was listed for its architecture, community planning, industry and social history, and it retains much of its historic character, though some original buildings are gone.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"W.M. McCafferty (builder and operator); American Textile Company; Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Folk Victorian, Craftsman, Bungalow, and cottage types (central hallway, gabled ell, Queen Anne, New South, pyramid, temple front)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Current functions listed include single dwellings, a church, railroad use, and vacant/not in use. Many original village buildings, including the school, commissary and supervisor houses, no longer exist. The mill looks much as it did in the 1950s.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.555328-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/05001172.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001172/d4787b44ce-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001172/d4787b44ce-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Amesmultimedia","credit_html":"Amesmultimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ATCO_Mill.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206937","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141702682"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bartow-county/atco-goodyear-mill-and-mill-village-historic-district-05001172/"}