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What are some interesting mill village neighborhoods in larger US cities (1 million plus metro)? By mill village neighborhood, I mean a neighborhood where a large mill (1800s-early 1900s) built housing for its employees surrounding the mill. The architecture is often consistent design. A favorite that comes to mind for me is the Cabbagetown neighborhood in Atlanta.
Mass is like Eden for old mills if that's your thing. Besides the one mentioned above (Lowell), here are some other MA mill towns in Greater Boston (CSA):
Note that the mill here, with the community originally known as Jackson Hill, which also incorporates part of Lanier Heights and being close to the National Zoo, shut down operations around the Civil War after being owned at one point by President John Quincy Adams, from whom the Adams part of the neighborhood is named, with the Holt House being the last remnant of the neighborhoods' mill town roots, along with Adams Mill Road connecting the commercial district with Rock Creek Park and the zoo. The architecture just doesn't feel very mill village-y, as the mill itself was several blocks from what was then the city limits and a the shacks along today's Columbia Road that housed those employees are long gone, although the vibe is similar to Hampden or Manayunk in terms of its overall quirkiness and relative location within the city.
Then there's Old Town Ellicott City and nearby Oella (technically part of Catonsville nowaday) in suburban Baltimore on opposite side of Patapsco. Neither are big area but they're classic mill village.
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