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Erwin Mill was a textile mill in Durham, North Carolina that operated between the years of 1893 and 1986. After seeing the success of other cotton mills in the Northeast and locally in Durham, entrepreneur Benjamin N. Duke incorporated the mill in 1892 and recruited William H. Erwin to manage the enterprise.
The town that grew up around the mill was originally named Duke after the Duke family members who were prominent stakeholders in the Erwin Cotton Mill Company. In 1926, the town's name was changed to Erwin. Burlington Industries purchased Erwin Cotton Mills in 1962.
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Originally, the town of Erwin was known as Duke, named after the Duke family members who were prominent stakeholders in the newly constructed Erwin Cotton Mill, completed in 1904. Later, in 1926, when Trinity College in Durham, NC, became Duke University, the town’s name was changed from Duke to Erwin.
Mar 16, 2023 · A group of New York investors purchased the old Erwin Cotton Mills for $9.5 million, according to a deed filed Feb. 7. The 57-acre complex sits in the heart of Erwin off North 13th Street. The...
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Mar 20, 2023 · The former Erwin Cotton Mills has been sold to a New York developer that wants to build more than 1 million square feet of space there.
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The Dukes, who had followed Carr's lead 10 years earlier - establishing W Duke and Sons tobacco Co. in the wake of Carr's success with Blackwell's Bull Durham - sought to repeat the model in the textile field. Carr had proved the market; the Dukes would seek to build it better and more profitably.
The Dukes, who had followed Carr's lead 10 years earlier - establishing W Duke and Sons tobacco Co. in the wake of Carr's success with Blackwell's Bull Durham - sought to repeat the model in the textile field. Carr had proved the market; the Dukes would seek to build it better and more profitably.
