Addition to Plant No. 1

Nebel Knitting Company (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Item information

Title:
Addition to Plant No. 1
Topics:
Architecture
Original Format:
Tracing paper
Extent:
scale: various; 27 x 21 inches
Item identifier:
unccmc00148-001-ad0020-010-002_0017
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural drawings
Elevations (architectural drawings)
Floor plans (architectural drawings)
Location:
Charlotte (N.C.)
Digital Project:
Beaux Arts to Modernism

Source information

Repository:
J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Collection:
Brown and Alexander (née Biberstein, Bowles, Meacham & Reed) records, 1895-1960 (UNCC MC00148) held by J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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 the J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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: Nebel Knitting Company (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina)

Architect:
more info on Biberstein, Herman V. 
Built:
Street:
101 West Worthington Avenue
Community:
Charlotte
State:
North Carolina
Zip:
28203
Provenance note:
The mill was built for Nebel Knitting, the South's first producer of fine-gauge silk hosiery.
Architectural note:
The two-story main building encloses a courtyard and has large double windows, separated by pilasters. The annex, constructed in 1946 from a design by Herman V. Biberstein, was done in the Moderne style.
Location:
Charlotte (N.C.)
Subjects:
Clothing factories
Historic buildings
Hosiery industry
Knitting machines
Latitude, Longitude:
35.211467, -80.860262