Covington Mills and Mill Village Historic District

Covington Mills and its adjoining village form a historic district of about 60 acres in Covington, Georgia. The mill company founded the community in 1900 to house its workers. The brick mill itself was damaged by fire in 1986 and later demolished, but its concrete slab, the mill pond, a water tower and several warehouses remain north of the rail line. South of the tracks, the village contains saddlebag, gabled-ell, pyramidal and shotgun houses, a mill store, a cemetery and two Colonial Revival churches, one built by the company in 1920 as a joint Methodist and Baptist church and school. Its curving streets follow the terrain, which sets it apart from the gridiron plans of most mill villages. The district was listed for its role in the industrial growth of Covington and Newton County, as an intact planned mill community, and for housing types typical of Georgia Piedmont mill villages between 1900 and 1949.