{"nrhp_refnum":"78001944","name":"Durham Hosiery Mill","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Angier Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Durham","county":"Durham County","state":"NC","lat":35.98886067600006,"lon":-78.89238418099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-11-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Durham Hosiery Mill (Mill Number One) is a complex of red brick mill buildings occupying a 4.21-acre block on the 800 block of Angier Avenue in East Durham, North Carolina. The original mill was completed in 1902, with annexes added through 1912.","why_significant":"The mill was the original plant of the Durham Hosiery Mills Corporation, which by 1910 was the world's largest manufacturer of cotton hosiery. It is described as one of the finest surviving examples of mill construction in North Carolina. It is also tied to tobacco industrialist Julian S. Carr and to the textile side of Durham's industrial growth.","narrative":"Red brick mill buildings along Angier Avenue in East Durham make up the first plant of the Durham Hosiery Mills Corporation. The four-story main building, finished in 1902, has a six-story tower with Romanesque-arched brickwork, and it was joined by a dye house, engine and boiler houses, three annexes built between 1904 and 1912, and a later finishing building. Julian S. Carr, a tobacco industrialist, led the company to diversify his interests, and the mill anchored the Edgemont mill village. By 1910 the corporation was the world's largest maker of cotton hosiery, and its Durable Durham brand became widely known. The company later opened a mill staffed entirely by black workers and tried an employee representation plan after 1919. The Angier Avenue mill was abandoned in 1922, then served as a Red Cross site, tobacco storage and a warehouse. The complex was listed as a well-preserved example of mill construction and for its place in the industrial history of Durham and the Piedmont.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Condition listed as fair; buildings structurally sound but many windows bricked in, broken or missing. Part used for commercial storage and a flea market; the rest of the buildings were empty at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.497499-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/7200/47720060/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/78001944.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001944/210f27fba4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001944/210f27fba4-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Durham_Hosiery_Mill,_800_Block_of_Angier_Avenue_%26_Walker_Street,_Durham_(Durham_County,_North_Carolina).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Durham_Hosiery_Mill,_800_Block_of_Angier_Avenue_%26_Walker_Street,_Durham_(Durham_County,_North_Carolina).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720060","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham_Hosiery_Mill","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18739426"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/durham-county/durham-hosiery-mill-78001944/"}