{"nrhp_refnum":"08000369","name":"Wilkes Hosiery Mills","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"407 F. St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"North Wilkesboro","county":"Wilkes County","state":"NC","lat":36.16550998900004,"lon":-81.14212125499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-04-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large four-level brick and metal hosiery mill of about 89,481 square feet at 407 F Street in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina. It was begun in 1923 and expanded in stages through about 1967.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the mill as a locally significant industrial property tied to North Wilkesboro's hosiery manufacturing. It grew from a 1923 mill into a major employer with some four hundred workers by 1929, backed by capital from Hanes Hosiery Mills. Its building sections record the company's expansion over several decades.","narrative":"Wilkes Hosiery Mills is a large industrial building on a hillside northeast of downtown North Wilkesboro, filling the western two thirds of a half-block at 407 F Street. Its sections, built between 1923 and about 1967, join into a single rectangle of roughly 89,481 square feet on four levels. The 1920s portions are common-bond brick with heavy timber interiors and low gabled fronts facing F Street, while a 1947 dye house addition and a later corrugated-metal addition extend the plant to the west. Large metal industrial windows light most rooms. The mill began in 1923 and grew quickly. The company bought adjoining lots, raised its authorized capital to $500,000 in 1927, and built an eastern addition that year. Hanes Hosiery Mills held a major share, and James G. Hanes served as vice president. By 1929 the plant employed upwards of four hundred local people. The building is now vacant, and it documents the growth of hosiery manufacturing in the town.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"No style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant/not in use; some interior rooms are described as vacant and windows and doors are boarded.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:54.379681-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/53/7228/47722853/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/08000369.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722853","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes_Hosiery_Mills","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22061138"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wilkes-county/wilkes-hosiery-mills-08000369/"}