Shamrock Mills, also known as Hanes Hosiery Mill #1, is a historic

textile mill Textile Manufacturing or Textile Engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful goods ...

building located at

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. It was built in 1911, and is a one-story brick building with daylight basement. It is six bays deep and extends in seven sections with a rhythmic

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and six-foot skylights. An addition was built in 1925. It was the first building used by the Hanes Hosiery Company. The mill closed in 1926, and the building subsequently housed a

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dealership. The building houses the Sawtooth School for Visual Art. It was listed on the

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in 1978.

References

External links

Sawtooth School for Visual Art website
Textile mills in North Carolina Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Industrial buildings completed in 1911 Buildings and structures in Winston-Salem, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1911 establishments in North Carolina Hanes family {{ForsythCountyNC-NRHP-stub