- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Whittier Cotton Mill and Village historical marker
- Creator:
- Massar, Todd
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Fulton County
Mills and mill-work--Georgia--Atlanta
Communities--Georgia--Whittier Mill Village - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Whittier Mill Park Wales Ave., Atlanta
Text of marker: "WHITTIER COTTON MILL AND VILLAGE. Whittier Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts opened a new Atlanta factory on this site in 1896. Development of the mill complex included the construction of Whittier Mill Village, a mill-centered residential community for workers and their families, where a physician held regular clinics and a social worker supervised activities for adults and children. The Village also included schools, churches, and a company store. The mill produced a variety of cotton yarn and, later, cloth such as corduroy and denim. Following the mill's final closure in 1971, the residential community continued to thrive, maintaining many of the mill's working families. 2005.8 Erected by the Georgia Historical Society, Whittier Mill Village Association, Inc., and the City of Atlanta Bureau of Parks and recreation 60-6" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_whittier-cotton-mill-and-village
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_whittier-cotton-mill-and-village
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
