View, F. and H. Fries Arista Cotton Mill (Brookstown Inn), Forsyth County, North Carolina
Arista Cotton Mills
Item information
- Title:
- View, F. and H. Fries Arista Cotton Mill (Brookstown Inn), Forsyth County, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Cotton mills
- Original Format:
- Color slides; 2 x 2 in.
- Item identifier:
- bh2213pnc001
- Created Date:
- Created Date:
- Description:
- Historical Note: The construction of the mill was based on New England cotton mills, and was the first in the South with electric lighting. The mill operated into the 1920s, and was saved in 1976 as a model project for preservation tax credits.
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Digital Project:
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Built Heritage
Source information
- Repository:
- Preservation North Carolina
- Collection:
- Preservation North Carolina Historic Architecture Slide Collection, 1965-2005 (PNC slides) held by Preservation North Carolina
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from Preservation North Carolina. For general information see the Preservation North Carolina website (http://www.presnc.org).
- Funding:
- Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
Building: Arista Cotton Mills (Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Street:
- 200 Brookstown Avenue
- Community:
- Winston-Salem
- State:
- North Carolina
- Zip:
- 27101
- Historical note:
- The town and the textile business began to change in 1837 with the decision to open the Salem Cotton Mill on today’s Brookstown Avenue. Never fully successful, the mill marked the first time that the Salem Moravians employed non-Moravians in a business of theirs. In 1854, it was bought by former N.C. governor John Motley Morehead, but returned to local ownership after the Civil War when the Fries family acquired it. In 1880, a large addition to the original structure created Arista Mills.
- Architectural note:
- The construction of the mill was based on New England cotton mills, and was the first in the South with electric lighting.
- Historical note:
- The mill operated into the 1920s, and was saved in 1976 as a model project for preservation tax credits.
- General note:
- The mill was also known as the F. and H. Fries Arista Cotton Mill, and it now functions as the Brookstown Inn.
- Subjects:
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Industrial buildings
Textile mills
Cotton mills
Mills and mill-work
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 36.090819, -80.245799