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Title
Spofford
Mills
-
Grounds
.
Shell
Road
is
at
right
.
Subject
Spofford
Mills
,
Delgado
Mills
,
Shell
Road
Description
During
the
War
Between
the
States
, the
site
,
where
the
Delgado
(Spofford)
Cotton
Mill
would
eventually
be
built
, was
used
as a
camp
for
Confederate
troops
.
Entrenchments
were
built
there to
protect
Wilmington
from
possible
land
invasion
from the
east
. By
1863
,
Hobson's
and
Miller's
batteries
were in the
vicinity
,
taking
advantage
of a
mineral
spring
that
provided
drinking
water
for the
troops
. In
1899-1900
,
Delgado
Cotton
Mills
and
surrounding
village
were
constructed
on the
old
Confederate
site
on the
Shell
Road
(Wrightsville
Avenue)
. The
office
,
which
still
survives
,
is
a
two-story
Victorian
brick
structure
of
Darlington
Brick
,
designed
by a
Raleigh
architect
and
building
firm
,
Zachery
and
Zachery
. In the
1970s
, the
mill
building
(at
right)
with its
four-story
tower
was
torn
down
.
Source
Louis T. Moore Collection 835
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