{"nrhp_refnum":"83001907","name":"Roberdel Mill No. 1 Company Store","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1106 Roberdel Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rockingham","county":"Richmond County","state":"NC","lat":34.97178962000004,"lon":-79.74429698599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick company store at 1106 Roberdel Road, about three miles northeast of central Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina. Local tradition holds it was built around 1884, the year Roberdel Mill No. 1 began operating.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the architecturally most significant of eleven company stores that once served mill villages near Rockingham; the others were lost to fire, demolition or remodeling. It is tied to Robert L. Steele, Sr., promoter of the county's textile industry, and to the textile economy of Richmond County. It is also presented as an excellent example of late nineteenth century commercial construction.","narrative":"Beside the pond of Roberdel Mill No. 1, three miles northeast of downtown Rockingham, stands a one-story brick company store thought to date from about 1884. Its front and rear elevations have matching three-bay divisions, with sixteen-over-eight sash windows in segmentally arched openings flanking central double doors with transoms. Brick denticulated courses follow the gabled tin roof, and the west wall has five clerestory windows. Inside, some original shelves and counters survive. The store served mill village workers, who bought food, clothing and hardware there. It was sold by the mill to a private couple in 1949 and is now used for storage. The mill itself burned in 1970, leaving its shell across the pond. The store is described as the finest of eleven company stores once serving Rockingham-area mill villages. It is linked to textile promoter Robert L. Steele, Sr., and to the county's textile economy.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Unoccupied and used for storage; condition listed as fair, with the interior retaining some original display shelves and counters.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:48.990082-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/49/7183/47718349/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/83001907.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001907/f0e3d535cf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001907/f0e3d535cf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mauser1488","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roberdell_Mill_1_Company_Store.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Mauser1488</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:Roberdell_Mill_1_Company_Store.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718349","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberdel_Mill_No._1_Company_Store","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987841"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/richmond-county/roberdel-mill-no-1-company-store-83001907/"}