Sterling Cotton Mill, also known as the Franklinton Cotton Mill, is a historic

cotton mill A cotton mill is a building that houses spinning (textiles), spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system. Althou ...

complex located at 108-112 East Green Street in Franklinton,

Franklin County, North Carolina Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 68,573. Its county seat is Louisburg. Franklin County is included in the Raleigh, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is ...

.North Carolina State University, Convenience Contract #63-CCC624141
Retrieved Jan. 15, 2020. The main mill is a one and two-story L-shaped brick building with Industrial Italianate style design elements. The mill consists of five sections: the original gabled one-story section rising to a two-story section at the east end (1895); a two-story addition (1914), a one-story addition (1960s); pre-1926 "cotton sheds"; and a small two-story brick office (1966). Associated with the mill is the contributing detached chimney stack. The mill was built by Samuel C. Vann, whose son Aldridge built the Aldridge H. Vann House. The mill closed in 1991. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1996. The Sterling Cotton Mill is now home to the Lofts at Sterling Mill (apartments) and Inter Technologies.Lofts at Sterling Mill
Retrieved Jun. 21, 2019.Inter Technologies
Retrieved Jun. 21, 2019.

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The Lofts at Sterling Mill
Cotton mills in the United States Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Italianate architecture in North Carolina Industrial buildings completed in 1895 Buildings and structures in Franklin County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, North Carolina {{FranklinCountyNC-NRHP-stub