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The W. B. Davis Hosiery Mill (also known as the Alabama Builders' Hardware Manufacturing Company Complex) is a historic industrial complex in Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. It opened in 1884 in the midst of Fort Payne's economic boom, manufacturing building hardware and supplies.
Fort Payne suffered a period of economic decline. In 1907, the W.B. Davis Hosiery Mill began operations, processing area cotton to produce socks and hosiery. Hosiery manufacture has led the economy in Fort Payne. [8] At the beginning of the 21st century, the hosiery industry in Fort Payne employed over 7,000 people in more than 100 mills.
Fort Payne: c. 1888 15 Fort Payne City Park January 13, 1978: Fort Payne: c. 1889 16 Fort Payne-DeKalb Hosiery Mill June 16, 1976: Fort Payne: c. 1930 17 Hawkins Place August 27, 2020: Henagar: 1948; 1951 18 Edna Hill Methodist Church August 4, 1978: Desoto State Park: c. 1907 19 Howard's Chapel (Salley Howard Memorial Baptist Church) July 9 ...
The Fort Payne Residential Historic District is a historic district in Fort Payne, Alabama.The district represents both of Fort Payne's major periods of growth: the 1880s and 1890s, fueled by the area's mineral deposits; and the 1910s through the 1930s, bolstered by the development of the hosiery industry.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Alabama that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
Cherokee Plantation (Fort Payne, Alabama) Collinsville Historic District (Collinsville, Alabama) F. ... W. B. Davis Hosiery Mill; Winston Place (Valley Head, Alabama)
The Fort Payne Boom Town Historic District is a historic district in Fort Payne, Alabama. The district encompasses five properties built around 1889, when Fort Payne was undergoing huge growth owing to the area's mineral deposits.
Location of DeKalb County in Alabama. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in DeKalb County, Alabama.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States.