The Charlotte Handbooksourced, dated, checkable
Explore

Savona Mill

Savona Mill: National Register listed 2014-12-02.

Plan your visit

Recorded location
528 S. Turner St., Charlotte
Official information
Open the official source →
Map
View the recorded location

A historic designation or address does not establish public entry, tours or visitor parking. Confirm access with the property or visitor organization.

Long three-storey red brick mill building with regular banded windows, seen from a road junction with a pedestrian crossing in the foreground.
Savona Mill. Dclemens1971 · CC BY 4.0 · source
Recorded address528 S. Turner St., Charlotte
National Registerref 14000989, listed 2014-12-02
Research depthdossier, independently sourced

What we established, and from where

  • The mill at 528 South Turner Avenue in Charlotte's West End was built in 1916 as a heavy timber frame textile mill.

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

  • The company ran just over one hundred looms producing damask cloth, a woven fabric for higher-end goods.

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

  • The one-storey brick Weave Mill was designed by the Lockwood Greene Company.

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

  • From 1935 the Old Dominion Box Company operated from the complex, which it later bought.

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

  • Production ceased at the South Turner Avenue property and the building had remained vacant since.

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

  • Houses built by the Savona Manufacturing Company for its mill workers stand on State Street, Katonah Avenue and South Bruns Avenue.

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

The primary source

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).

Official record

Browse from here

all 197 listed places in Charlotte

What else is close

Distances are straight-line from the recorded coordinates, not walking distance — there may be a creek, a rail line or an interstate in between.

More listed places in Charlotte