Arcadia Mill No. 2

Arcadia Mill No. 2
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	100 W. Cleveland St., Spartanburg, South Carolina
Area	19.3 acres (7.8 ha)
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
NRHP Reference #	05001158[1]
Added to NRHP	October 4, 2005

Arcadia Mills No. 2 is a historic mill building at 100 W. Cleveland St., Spartanburg, South Carolina.^[2][3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[1]

History

The mill was the built by Spartanburg banker and pharmacist, Dr. Henry Arthur Ligon, Sr., in 1922. It opened in 1923. It was the second mill of Arcadia Mills. The mills had an adjacent mill village of Arcadia, which had about 300 houses for the mill workers.^[2]

During the Depression, the mill tried to increase production through a variety of methods sucha as increased hours and quickening the pace of the work. In 1932, the United Textile Workers of America (UTWA) called a strike, but it failed. The workers did not participate in a nationwide UTWA strike in 1934.^[2]

The mill was sold to a new company, Mayfair Mills, headed by a New York cotton agent, Joshua L. Baily and Company. Arcadia No. 2 was called Baily Mill or Mayfair-Baily Mill. Frederick B. Dent became president of Mayfair Mills in 1947. In 2001, Mayfair Mills went into bankruptcy.^[2]

The mill building is currently the Mayfair Lofts apartments.

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Randall, Amanda (July 14, 2005). "Arcadia Mill No. 2" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
3. "Arcadia Mill No. 2, Spartanburg County (100 W. Cleveland St., Spartanburg)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 13 October 2012.