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Hoskins Mill

Hoskins Mill: National Register listed 1988-10-05.

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201 S. Hoskins Rd., Charlotte
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Recorded address201 S. Hoskins Rd., Charlotte
National Registerref 88001702, listed 1988-10-05
Research depthdossier, independently sourced

What we established, and from where

  • The mill stands in a community formerly called Chadwick and now known as Hoskins, north-west of central Charlotte.

    independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17

  • A newspaper account quoted in the nomination reported that twenty of the mill's 80 tenement houses for operatives had been completed.

    independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17

  • In 1920 and 1921 a company owned by the Gossett family bought controlling interest in the Chadwick-Hoskins Company.

    independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17

  • The nomination describes Hoskins as one of only two cotton mills in Charlotte essentially intact at the time of listing.

    independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17

  • The building was used as a mill through 1985, so the period of significance ends in 1938.

    independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17

  • A fire in August 1985 damaged part of the mill building.

    independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17

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The National Register nomination is the fullest account of this property that exists, written by a researcher and reviewed by the State Historic Preservation Office. The nomination (National Park Service).

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