Lenoir Cotton Mill                 The Lenoir Cotton Mill was built by Major William B. Lenoir in 1834 for the manufacture of cotton yarn and batting. During the Civil War, the Union Army burned Lenoir's general store and railroad depot, because he was a Confederate sympathizer. The mill would have also been burned had it not been for Dr. Benjamin Ballard Lenoir who was a member of the Masonic Order. He moved along the Union troops giving the secret Masonic handshake. Thus, the mill was spared and remained in operation until the late nineteenth century.

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