Memories were made here...if walls could talk....I was glad to see this old cotton mill is being renovated instead of being razed. Originally Clifton mill no. 3, it was destroyed by flood in the early 1900's then rebuilt and became Converse Cotton Mill (on US 29 between Cowpens and Spartanburg).
When her youngest child was old enough to go to school, my mother went to work as the Converse Cotton Mill as a "spare". As a spare hand she had to show up for work each morning just in case they needed her that day, and if not, then she went back home. A friend of the family took her and waited for her just in case he had to take her back home.
What a neat town Cowpens was back in the day! When i was a kid, all the stores closed at 2 pm on Wednesdays, so folks could have time to make it to church that night. Of course, all stores were closed all day on Sunday.
Now after being closed down since the late 1970's, someone has purchased the property and is renovating the old mill into 175 loft apartments. The renovations will cost about $50 million and should be finished in late 2022.
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