- Collection:
- Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
- Title:
- Scottdale Mills Complex, East Ponce de Leon Avenue vicinity, Scottdale, Dekalb County, GA
- Creator:
- Historic American Engineering Record
- Contributor to Resource:
- George W. Scott & Company,
Hawke, Paul, historian - Date of Original:
- 1933/9999
- Subject:
- Scottdale (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
textile mills
textile industry - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Scottdale, 33.78983, -84.26409
- Medium:
- photographs
field notes - Type:
- Still Image
Text - Description:
- Data Page(s): 2
Significance: The mill was established by George W. Scott, who had previously organized the George W. Scott & Company commercial fertilizer manufactory and was the major founding contributor of Agnes Scott College. Designed to accommodate 350 looms and 10,000 spindles, Scottdale Mills began producing sheeting in 1901 and was one of the earliest factories in Dekalb County. The Mill was typical of southern textile mill of this period, employing both male and female workers for whom the mill management built housing, provided medical care, and operated a general store. Like other textile mills, Scottdale was really a self-contained village, with succeeding generations tending the looms and spindles.
Survey number: HAER GA-63
Building/structure dates: 1900 Initial Construction - Local Identifier:
- HAER GA-63
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/ga0521/
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
- Original Collection:
- Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
- Holding Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
-
