Manufacturers Building is a historic commercial building located at Rockingham,

Richmond County, North Carolina Richmond County is a County (United States), county located on the central southern border of the U.S. state of North Carolina. Its county seat is Rockingham, North Carolina, Rockingham. The county was formed in 1779 from a portion of Anson Cou ...

. It was built about 1904, and is a two-story, cream-colored brick commercial building. Its

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is in common bond. It has a high hipped and slate covered roof. The building served as the administrative offices for five of the most important

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 ...

s in Richmond County—Pee Dee Manufacturing Company, Steele's Mills, Roberdel Mills, Midway Mills, and Hannah Pickett Mills. It was listed on the

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in 1979.

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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Commercial buildings completed in 1904 Buildings and structures in Randolph County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Richmond County, North Carolina 1904 establishments in North Carolina Brick buildings and structures in North Carolina {{RichmondCountyNC-NRHP-stub