Summary
Acme-McCrary Hosiery Mills, also known as Acme Hosiery Mills, McCrary Hosiery Mills, and Asheboro Grocery Company, is a historic textile mill complex located at Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina. The complex includes six buildings and a smokestack, erected between 1909 and 1962. The mill buildings were designed by architect Richard C. Biberstein and the oldest section is a two-story, heavy-timber-frame mill with load bearing brick walls. The Acme-McCrary-Sapona Recreation Center was built in 1948–1949, and is a two-story, Art Moderne style brick recreation center.[2] The buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]
Acme-McCrary Hosiery Mills | |
 Mill #2 | |
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| Location | 124, 148, 159 North & 173 N. Church Sts., Asheboro, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°42′25″N 79°49′01″W / 35.70694°N 79.81694°W |
| Area | 7.32 acres (2.96 ha) |
| Built | 1909-1964 |
| Architect | Biberstein, R. C. |
| Architectural style | Art Moderne, Commercial Style |
| NRHP reference No. | 14000496[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 18, 2014 |
The buildings were owned by Acme Hosiery Mills, which was purchased by brothers-in-law D.B. McCrary and T.H. Redding in 1909. Acme-McCrary went on to become the third-largest producer of private label hosiery in the world, with factories in three locations. Its production assets were purchased by Sri Lanka–based MAS Capital in 2017, but Acme-McCrary retained the historic buildings in Asheboro, which by that point only housed its corporate offices.[3] Acme-McCrary planned to vacate the buildings following the acquisition, opening up almost 200,000 square feet of downtown real estate for commercial or residential use.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/18/14 through 8/23/14. National Park Service. 2014-08-29.
- ^ Heather Fearnbach (April 2014). "Acme-McCrary Hosiery Mills" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
- ^ Womick, Chip. "Acme-McCrary sale promises 133 new jobs, $20M investment". The Courier-Tribune. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
- ^ Womick, Chip. "Acme-McCrary sale: A 'win-win' for Asheboro". The Courier-Tribune. Retrieved 2019-01-09.