View, Loray Cotton Mill, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina
Loray Cotton Mill (Gastonia, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- View, Loray Cotton Mill, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Cotton mills
- Original Format:
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Color slide
- Extent:
- 2 x 2 in.
- Item identifier:
- bh1193pnc004
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Gastonia (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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Built Heritage: A partnership of the North Carolina State University Libraries and Preservation North Carolina to create an online resource for the study of the state’s architectural history. Included are 8,100 measured drawings, photographic prints, and slides.
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).
- RightsStatements.org:
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In Copyright
For more information:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0 - 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: Loray Cotton Mill (Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina)
- Engineer:
- Lockwood, Greene & Co. more info on Lockwood, Greene & Co.
- Builder:
- Flynt Construction Co. more info on Flynt Construction Co. (Boston)
- Built:
- Community:
- Gastonia
- State:
- North Carolina
- Provenance note:
- The mill was founded by John F. Love, George Gray and others and given a name from the combination of the names Love and Gray.
- Architectural note:
- The main portion of the mill rises six stories, with an eight-story tower.
- Historical note:
- After the mill's 1921 expansion, it was noted to be the largest textile mill in the South under a single roof. Loray Cotton Mill played a major role in Southern labor history when the National Textile Workers Union strike in 1929 turned violent. The Mill is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Location:
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Gastonia (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Cotton mills
Historic buildings
National Register of Historic Places
North Carolina -- History