{"nrhp_refnum":"91001376","name":"Nebel Knitting Mill, Former","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"101 W. Worthington Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlotte","county":"Mecklenburg County","state":"NC","lat":35.21156392000006,"lon":-80.86026179899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-09-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick hosiery mill at 101 West Worthington Avenue in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, built in 1927 and expanded in 1929 around an open courtyard. It was designed by Richard C. Biberstein for the Nebel Knitting Company.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the mill is Charlotte's most intact hosiery mill and a refined example of post-World War I vernacular industrial architecture. It also represents the growth of full-fashioned silk and synthetic hosiery manufacturing, and was the main plant of the nationally known Nebel Knitting Company founded by William Nebel.","narrative":"Built in 1927 and enlarged in 1929, this two-story brick mill at 101 West Worthington Avenue in Charlotte produced ladies' full-fashioned hosiery until 1968. Richard C. Biberstein, a noted mill architect and engineer, designed it for William Nebel, founder of the Nebel Knitting Company. The building wraps around an open courtyard, giving knitters large steel-frame windows and plenty of daylight for fine work. Polychrome wire-cut brick, stone and cast-concrete trim, copper canopies, and a crenelated roofline set it apart from other local hosiery plants. A pump house and a 50,000-gallon water tower stand in the courtyard. It was the first full-fashioned hosiery plant in Charlotte and the largest of the city's five such mills, and it is the best preserved of them. Its listing recognizes both its architecture and its role in the region's shift toward silk and synthetic stockings. Part of the building now serves as a restaurant and offices.","period_of_significance":"1927-1941","architect_builder":"Biberstein, Richard C.","architectural_style":"Industrial vernacular","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated for adaptive reuse: a restaurant occupies the first floor of the 1929 section, and offices occupy the 1927 section, with further office work in progress. The excluded 1946 building is stated to be vacant.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.447259-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/78/7213/47721378/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/91001376.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001376/7111b9d333-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001376/7111b9d333-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"James Willamor","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nebel_Knitting_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:Nebel_Knitting_Mill.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721378","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_Nebel_Knitting_Mill","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19461793"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/mecklenburg-county/nebel-knitting-mill-former-91001376/"}