Proximity Print Works

1700 Fairview St., Greensboro, North Carolina. County/parish: Guilford.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 01, 2014. NRIS 14000986.

Part of Greensboro MPS (NRIS 64500361).

9 contributing buildings. 2 contributing structures. 1 contributing object.

Also known as:

  • Cone Finishing Plant

From Wikipedia:

Proximity Print Works

The Proximity Print Works, also known as Cone Finishing Plant, is a historic textile mill complex located at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. The complex includes nine contributing buildings, two contributing structures, and one contributing object. It is a large, brick, roughly rectangular collection of industrial buildings constructed in multiple stages beginning in 1913. It is notable as the first textile printery in the South. The mill remained in operation until 1977.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

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