{"nrhp_refnum":"88001855","name":"Highland Park Manufacturing Company Mill No. 3","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"2901 N. Davidson St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlotte","county":"Mecklenburg County","state":"NC","lat":35.24576037200006,"lon":-80.80953181099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-10-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A textile mill complex at 2901 N. Davidson Street in Charlotte, North Carolina, built in 1903-4 for the Highland Park Manufacturing Company and designed by Stuart Warren Cramer. It includes the main mill, several outbuildings, and a water tower.","why_significant":"The mill was the largest in Mecklenburg County when built and played a major part in Charlotte's industrial growth. It was designed by Stuart Cramer, who used it as a model for his mill designs and documented it in his book on mill construction. It was also one of the state's first electrically driven mills and is among the most intact surviving mills in Charlotte.","narrative":"Highland Park Mill No. 3 is a cotton mill complex on North Davidson Street in Charlotte, built in 1903-4 on a site next to the railroad and beside a planned mill village. Designed by engineer Stuart Warren Cramer, the L-shaped brick mill has a low gable roof and several towers, the largest of which is four stories with corbelled brickwork and a crenelated parapet. Outbuildings include a gate house, dye house, boiler house, waste house and a later water tower. When finished, it held 30,000 spindles and 1,000 looms, employed over 800 people, and was the largest mill in the county. It was among the first North Carolina mills driven by electric power. Cramer used its plans as a model and published them in his book on mill construction. Among Charlotte's fifteen early mills, it is one of the two most nearly intact, which supports its listing for industry and architecture. Textile production ended in 1969.","period_of_significance":"1903-1938","architect_builder":"Cramer, Stuart Warren","architectural_style":"Textile Mill Vernacular","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Textile manufacturing ceased in 1969. The form lists the current function as warehouse and manufacturing facility. It notes the water tower is no longer in use and may be demolished, and the boiler house may need demolition because of asbestos.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.206211-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/86/7213/47721386/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/88001855.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001855/875da67550-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001855/875da67550-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"James Willamor","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Highland_Park_Manufacturing_Company_Mill.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">James Willamor</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:Highland_Park_Manufacturing_Company_Mill.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"90000367","name":"North Charlotte Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/north-charlotte-historic-district-90000367/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721386","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Park_Manufacturing_Company_Mill_No._3","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707968"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/mecklenburg-county/highland-park-manufacturing-company-mill-no-3-88001855/"}