{"nrhp_refnum":"10001054","name":"Durham Hosiery Mill No. 15","other_names":["Mebane Yarn Mills Inc.","Rockfish--Mebane Yarn Mills Inc."],"category":"building","location":{"address":"301 W Washington St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mebane","county":"Alamance County","state":"NC","lat":36.09743868900006,"lon":-79.27307238899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-12-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story concrete textile mill at 301 West Washington Street in Mebane, Alamance County, North Carolina, built in 1922 by Durham Hosiery Mills, Inc. to spin cotton yarn, with later additions.","why_significant":"The mill meets Criterion A (Industry) as the only intact textile mill in Mebane. It supplied yarn to the nearby Mill No. 8 and operated until 2001. After Mill No. 8 was converted to a library, Mill No. 15 became the building that conveys the town's textile history.","narrative":"Built in 1922 by Durham Hosiery Mills, Inc., this two-story cast-in-place concrete mill on West Washington Street in Mebane was made to spin cotton yarn. Concrete pilasters divide its window bays, curved brackets sit beneath the cornice, and a projecting front tower holds the entrance and stair. Concrete construction and a sprinkler system reflect the effort to guard against fire in a cotton-processing building. The mill supplied yarn to Durham Hosiery Mill No. 8, built nearby in 1916, which handled finishing and packing. Ownership passed to Mebane Yarn Mills in 1937, later to the Dixie group, and then to R. L. Stowe Company, which closed the plant in 2001. Air conditioning around 1960 led to the windows being filled with concrete block, and a warehouse and extensions were added over the years. It is the only intact textile mill in Mebane, since Mill No. 8 now serves as the public library. Its period of significance runs from 1922 to 1960.","period_of_significance":"1922-1960","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The mill is undergoing rehabilitation; later brick veneer has been removed from the facade of the historic mill, and the current function is listed as work in progress.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.9897-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/7188/47718896/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/10001054.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718896","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham_Hosiery_Mill_No._15","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17514973"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/alamance-county/durham-hosiery-mill-no-15-10001054/"}