ARCHITECTURAL, INTERIOR DESIGN, REAL ESTATE
ARCHITECTURAL, INTERIOR DESIGN, REAL ESTATE
My wife and I traveled to the Augusta Ga. area for an assignment recently and while there we caught sight of a very old looking building that we just had to check out. Turns out it was the site of a confederate powderworks during the civil war.
The Powderworks had been torn down not long after the war, but as a monument to the confederate soldiers, the smokestack was left standing and was promised to be cared for. This smoke stack is 150 feet high and quite breathtaking!
In 1880 a new building was erected, the one that is currently still there, called the Sibley Cotton Mill. Gothic architecture abounds and while much of it is in ruins, it’s still exciting to see. Currently it’s being renovated for other use.
I found this to be a great chance to practice my architectural photography.
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Designed by Jones S. Davis, the mill was built on a site previously occupied by the Confederate Powderworks and was completed in 1882. While the interior is typical of any textile mill of the period, its imposing exterior is notable for an ornate style variously described as eclectic and neo-gothic. Textile products were produced there until 2006, since when the building has been unoccupied. The mill was built to operate on hydropower, and continues to generate electricity today.
Something interesting to me is that there seems to be a small cemetery on the grounds of the mill. I can see it from one of the aerial shots, almost right behind the blue truck. Not sure if I’m seeing that right.
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