National Register of Historic Places
Brandon Mill
Greenville vicinity, Greenville County, South Carolina
The record
- Listed
- September 3, 2014
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 25 Draper St., Greenville vicinity
- County
- Greenville
- State
- South Carolina
- Contributing resources
- 8 buildings, 3 structures
- Coordinates
- 34.84433, -82.43202
- Reference number
- 14000317
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The story
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Brandon Mill is a mill complex of eight buildings and three structures at 25 Draper St. near Greenville, in Greenville County. It was built around 1901 in the Commercial Style, attributed to Lockwood, Greene & Company and Joseph E. Sirrine.
Why it's listed
Brandon Mill was listed in the National Register in 2014 under Criterion A, with local significance in industry. Its significance runs from 1901 to 1949, reflecting its construction around 1901 and its 1949 transfer to Abney Mills.
Physical character
The main mill building rises four stories in five bays, with segmental arched windows and a three-foot-thick fire wall; many original windows were bricked in during 1949 and later replaced with aluminum sash. The complex doubled in size in 1909; around 1960 it gained new windows and loading docks; and it underwent a major rehabilitation by Focus Golf Company in 2001.
Historical context
John Irving Westervelt planned Brandon Mill in 1899, and it went into production on February 8, 1901, a year after an initial mill village of sixty-six cottages was completed in 1900. Abney Mills acquired Brandon Corporation in 1946 and completed the mill's transfer in 1949; it closed in 1977 and was reopened as offices by Focus Golf Company in 2001.