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About the Mill Village
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House Styles
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| An aerial view of the Mill Village |
A friendly, eclectic, historic neighborhood with a very diverse population, the Mooresville Mill Village is a 100+ year old cotton mill housing development located in Mooresville, NC. The village of 3, 4, 5, and 6 room cottages was originally built by Mooresville Cotton Mills from 1902-1927 to provide housing for its workers. The mill rented the houses to its workers for nearly half a century, but sold them to the workers in the 50's. The former Mill itself is now owned by Cherokee Investment Partners and in the planning stages of a massive mixed-use redevelopment project called Mooresville Mills. Find out more about the history of the mill and Mill Village in our History section.
Today, the neighborhood remains almost completely intact and is protected by a Neighborhood Conservation Overlay. It boasts an eclectic population. Neighbors include bank and real estate yuppies, several families who've lived here 80+years, immigrant families, blue collar families, young entrepreneurs, Nascar Tech students (and yes, we admit, our neighborhood drunk.)
The Mill Village is located in the southern part of "Old Mooresville", adjacent to the historic Downtown Mooresville business district. Schools are 10-15mn by foot (2mn by car). Downtown Mooresville shopping & dining is 10 mn by foot (2mn by car). The public golf course 15mn by foot.
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| A mill house interior |
The cottages originally featured wood lap exteriors 10' ceilings, all bead board interiors, gorgeous heart pine floors, and fireplaces. Most of those features remain but have often been hidden by layers of vinyl or asbestos siding on the outside and drywall, linoleum, and carpet on the interior. Find out more about the house construction and discover the eight different patterns used to build the mill village in our House Styles section.