Southern Bleachery Mill Village

Front: This is one of more than fifty houses built in 1923-24 for employees of Southern Bleachery, a textile processing plant opened at the east end of Mill St. in 1924. The mill village and plant were designed by J.E. Sirrine & Co. and built by Gallivan Building Co. The village and nearby area included churches, stores, schools, a golf course, and tennis courts used by workers. Reverse: Housing for the plant’s overseers was located here on what became known as “Boss Hill.” The house on this corner was home to mill superintendents and was the largest of eight Craftsman-style cedar-shake bungalows and garages built on the hill. Houses in the village were company-owned until 1965, when Southern Bleachery closed after several decades as the largest employer in Taylors.