Henry River Mill Village
by Priscilla Burgers
Title
Henry River Mill Village
Artist
Priscilla Burgers
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Image is a view of several worker's residences at the Henry River Mill Village, a deserted textile village near Catawba, North Carolina.
Built as a planned community, Henry River Mill Village was a self-contained complex with its own mill, dam, water and fire-protection systems, and company store. In later years the village gained amenities such as walkways, terraced green spaces, and fieldstone retaining walls. Today most of the village's 35 original buildings remain along a small gorge of the Henry River.
In 1904 Michael Erastus Rudisill laid out the mill and village on a 1,500-acre tract, chosen for its hydro power potential. The mill was incorporated as the Henry River Manufacturing Company. The company manufactured fine combed cotton yarns for use in lace. Beginning in 1905, a 30-foot reinforced concrete dam was constructed with a three-story brick mill building. In its early years, the mill operated 4,000 yarn-making spindles. By the time it shut down in the late 1960s, the mill had 12,000 spindles. The mill building burned in 1977. Since the loss of the mill, the centerpiece of the village today is the two-story brick company store building. This building served as a mill office with the upper floor used as a school room and for church services from 1907-1917.
The 72 acre village was used as the filming location of many scenes of the 2012 film The Hunger Games, known in the film as District 12.
SOLD:
- A greeting card to a buyer in Hendersonville, NC on 9/2015.
NORTH CAROLINA Contest - 9/24/2015
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Old and Used Group-8/17/2013
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August 15th, 2013
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