H. Mill Village Housing

Houses Constructed by the Winnsboro Mill | History of SC Slide Collection

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These houses were constructed by the Winnsboro Mill, now a part of the Uniroyal facility in Fairfield County, around 1929. The mill owners provided housing as a way to attract workers or operatives to...

Mill Housing | History of SC Slide Collection

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Mill housing in South Carolina exhibited a variety of styles, but the most widely used was a copy of the salt-box construction of New England mill villages, where the steeply pitched roof helped keep...