The Inman Mills, now the Lofts at Inman Mills, are 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 good ...

complex at 240 4th Street in

Inman, South Carolina Inman is a city in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States, part of the Spartanburg metropolitan area. With a population of 3,665 at the 2020 census, Inman residents have access to nearby Lake Bowen that affords water recreational sp ...

. The mill complex includes a large main mill building and a number of smaller buildings, some attached, as well as a smokestack. The main building is a large rectangular four-story brick building with largely bricked-over segmented-arch window bays, and a five-story central tower. The mill was built in 1902 for the Chapman family, and was designed by the prominent regional mill architect W.B. Smith Whaley. The mill was closed in 2001, and was for many years one of the city's major employers. The mills were listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 2016.

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Inman Mills corporate site
Textile mills in South Carolina Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Buildings and structures in Spartanburg, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Spartanburg, South Carolina Cotton mills in the United States Apartment buildings in South Carolina {{SpartanburgCountySC-NRHP-stub

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