Atlanta, GA Park Pavilion
An old mill building now utilized as a pavilion in the park.
The Whittier Mill was constructed in 1896 by the Whittier Cotton Mills out of Massachusetts. The worker housing had been sold off to individual homeowners in the 1950s. Whittier Mills was closed in 1971 and sat abandoned until it was burned by arsonists in the 1980s and the rest was salvaged for scrap. The housing area and park were added to the National Register in 2001.
For a complete history look here:
www.whittiermillvillage.org/history.htm
The Whittier Mill is on the National Register #01000972.
Atlanta, GA Park Pavilion
An old mill building now utilized as a pavilion in the park.
The Whittier Mill was constructed in 1896 by the Whittier Cotton Mills out of Massachusetts. The worker housing had been sold off to individual homeowners in the 1950s. Whittier Mills was closed in 1971 and sat abandoned until it was burned by arsonists in the 1980s and the rest was salvaged for scrap. The housing area and park were added to the National Register in 2001.
For a complete history look here:
www.whittiermillvillage.org/history.htm
The Whittier Mill is on the National Register #01000972.