Roughly bounded by 25th St. N, 7th Ave. N, 30th St. N, and S of 4th Ave. N., Pell City, Alabama. County/parish: St. Clair.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 31, 2000. NRIS 00001030.
137 contributing buildings. 2 contributing structures. 1 contributing object.
The Avondale Mill Historic District is a former mill village in Pell City, Alabama. Part of the Avondale Mills, the area is architecturally significant for the first sawtooth roofed mill in Alabama, and the mill village represents a relatively intact example of an early 20th century company town. The mill and its village were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. The mill closed in 2006, and burned in 2008 while being dismantled for scrap.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77837365