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[[Image:avondale_banner.jpg|right|thumb|190px|Avondale Mills Corporate Logo]] | [[Image:avondale_banner.jpg|right|thumb|190px|Avondale Mills Corporate Logo]] | ||
'''Avondale Mills''' began life in Yancey County, North Carolina as [[Avondale Incorporated]] with its operating company Avondale Mills. The company's history began in Alabama in [[1897]] when future [[Alabama]] governor [[B. B. Comer]] began operation of the mill in what would become the city of [[Avondale]]. | '''Avondale Mills''' began life in Yancey County, North Carolina as [[Avondale Incorporated]] with its operating company Avondale Mills. The company's history began in Alabama in [[1897]] when future [[Alabama]] governor [[B. B. Comer]] began operation of the mill in what would become the city of [[Avondale]]. | ||
On [[February 14]], [[2008]] the former mill buildings in [[Pell City]], which had been added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]], burned in a fire. [http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/02/historic_mill_site_burns_in_pe.html] | |||
[[Category:Manufacturers]] | [[Category:Manufacturers]] | ||
[[Category:Avondale]] | [[Category:Avondale]] | ||
Revision as of 14:53, 14 February 2008
Avondale Mills began life in Yancey County, North Carolina as Avondale Incorporated with its operating company Avondale Mills. The company's history began in Alabama in 1897 when future Alabama governor B. B. Comer began operation of the mill in what would become the city of Avondale.
On February 14, 2008 the former mill buildings in Pell City, which had been added to the National Register of Historic Places, burned in a fire. [1]