Stark Mill and Mill Village Historic District

Mill buildings and about 400 company houses make up this district of roughly 195 acres north of downtown Hogansville, Georgia. A group of local businessmen formed the Hogansville Manufacturing Company in 1897 and began building a mill and village. In 1923 New England Southern Mills added the reinforced-concrete Stark Mill, designed by the engineering firm Lockwood, Greene and Company. The complex includes brick cotton warehouses, a power house, a water tower and a rail line. The village follows a grid plan and contains pyramidal cottages, saddlebag houses and front-gable houses, along with a Craftsman-style community building, stores, churches and a baseball field. The mill is cited as an example of the move toward fire-resistant concrete construction. During World War II, under U.S. Rubber, the plant produced rubber goods and asbestos insulation for Navy ships. The district was listed for its industry, architecture, and community planning, and it has changed little since a 1944 survey except for the loss of Reid Mill.