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 Whittier Cotton Mill and Village - GHS 60-6 - Fulton Co., GA Posted by:  Lat34North
N 33° 48.652 W 084° 29.028
16S E 732908 N 3744032
Whittier Cotton Mill and Village is located in Whittier Mill park on Wales Ave., Atlanta, GA.
Waymark Code: WM6CFH
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/13/2009
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Whittier Cotton Mill and Village
Whittier Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts opened a new Atlanta factory on this site in 1896. Development of the mill complex included the construction of Whittier Mill Village, a mill-centered residential community for workers and their families, where a physician held regular clinics and a social worker supervised activities for adults and children. The Village also included schools, churches, and a company store. The mill produced a variety of cotton yarn and, later, cloth such as corduroy and denim. Following the mill´s final closure in 1971, the residential community continued to thrive, maintaining many of the mill´s working families.
2005.8 Erected by The Georgia Historical Society, The Whittier Mill Association,
Inc, and the Atlanta Board of Parks and Recreation. 60-6
Whittier Cotton Mill and Village
Type of Marker: Park
Marker #: GHS 60-6
Date: 2005
Sponsor: The Georgia Historical Society, The Whittier Mill Association Inc, and the Atlanta Board of Parks and Recreation.
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