Borden Milk Processing Plant

Built in 1927, the Borden Milk Plant processed raw milk into butter, powdered milk, skim milk, and cottage cheese. Leftover whey was used as hog feed. Its purchase of milk from local farmers and numerous employees helped to alleviate Lincoln County from the Great Depression. At its peak, the plant drying equipment to make dried milk, eggs, and lemons for the war effort. In 1948, the factory manufactured wooden barrels for powdered milk. Continued - After the plant closed in 1967, William R. Carter purchased it for his CFW Construction firm, using it until 1980. In 1989, the Fayetteville-Lincoln County Museum Association chose the Borden Milk Plant as the site for its museum. In 1987 Carter and his family donated the historic factory for that purpose. A year later, the Borden Milk Plant was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.