North State Milling Co.

Today, we share a photo of the now-abandoned North State Milling Company located at 816 South Elm Street. Likely this is the best Lee Street view we'll have as the lot in front is currently under construction. This brick and wooden building, with metal silos, was built in 1912 and remains an outstanding example of early 20th-century industrial architecture. It is a slice of life in Greensboro as it used to be. If you want to read more, Preservation Greensboro writes about this treasured place. We keep hoping a national advertiser will feature it in an ad or that a movie will use it as a prop.

We are sharing this photo with our Monochrome Weekly friends.

Comments

[Cher]

Hi dear neighbor! thanks for droppin' by. amazing 'treasure' you have here. :)

Cher

[Aileni]

It is good that it is not being swept way in some recostruction.

[Virginia]

Thanks for the comment on my BADP blog regarding the church photo. Actually, I post Churches of France/Paris each Sunday on Paris THrough My Lens. I'm almost out of church photos ( how could that have happened, I saw so many!) but I might have another Sunday or two left.

[Bill B.]

So much change. So much has been lost.

[John]

I love old industrial architecture shots; was this taken recently, there seems to be something 'old' about the shot.

[Ellie]

We can tell this building saw many good and bad times. Wonderful American and NC touch and the monochrome helps us travel back in time.

[Christine]

I love these old buildings - especially good with the old lettering! Monochrome makes it look like an antique postcard.

[Carver]

Great shot. It takes me down memory lane and perfect for monochrome.

[salitypesociety]

it must have been one of great building in its time...it gives one a nostalgic and almost melancholy feeling, maybe its just me...but great mono shot!

[hip chick]

Oh it is such a beautiful old building. Do not give up hope we had the old Wentworth hotel in Newcastle, N.H. that was abandoned for years and was finally rebuilt.

[SquirrelQueen]

What a great old building, I hope it can be preserved.

[magiceye]

classical portrait!

[Mojo,NC,USA]

I thought it was a compelling subject too. So I poached it ;) For this post: http://mojo11.blogspot.com/2009/07/world-in-black-white-7202009.html

[Phil]

Hi,

My grandfather was the head miller there for most of his life. My uncle was the vice president. Since my grandfather lived over on Arlington street and was able to walk to work I spent many an hour there "helping" out. If you click on the "treasured place" link and scroll down to the wooden silos that have been opened up my father and his two brothers helped build those back in the 1930's. They are 2X12 laid on their sides and nailed together! There were iron bars that ran horizontally to tie the walls together to support the weight of the grain. I think that the Hilton family owned the mill and they or some of their family still live in Greensboro

[E Crutchfield]

Do you know about the Hilton family and where they may be now?