Rock Hill Cotton Factory - Rock Hill, SC
N 34° 55.734 W 081° 01.634
17S E 497512 N 3865158
Rock Hill Cotton Factory is a NRHP listed former cotton factory in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
Waymark Code: WM18R8G
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 09/16/2023
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(Ostrow Textile Mill) The Rock Hill Cotton Factory, built in 1881, is significant for its leading role in the development of the textile industry in Rock Hill and for the major economic impact which this industry had on the town. The factory is also significant as an excellent example of an early textile building and of an architectural form that was repeated many times by later mills. As the cotton industry expanded in the 1870s, many communities in the Piedmont looked to financial investments and technology from New England to develop cotton manufacturing. An aggressive business community in Rock Hill set out to supply the necessary capital and labor locally. The investors recruited Captain A. D. Holler to build the mill. He used the Camperdown Mill in Greenville as a model for the new Rock Hill mill. Opening in 1881, the mill became the first steam-driven textile mill in South Carolina, and was the first mill in Rock Hill. Later, as electricity became available from the pioneering hydroelectric development of the Catawba River, the mill was converted. A number of additions have been made to the building. Listed in the National Register June 10, 1992. Boundary increase March 6, 2008.-
National Register of SC
In 2001 Ostrow left the mill and Rock Hil lEconomic Development Corporation owned it until purchased by The Old Cotton Factory , LLC (Bryan Barwick, Gary Williams, and Bob Perrin) in 2006. After completing a $12,000,000 renovation, Williams & Fudge, accounts receivable management, occupies the 2nd and 3rd floors ofthe 90,000 square foot building, housing approximately 200 employees. They have created a “mini-museum” inside their offices including Rock Hill history and the textiles industry history.-
Barwick and Associates