Revolution Mills

Revolution Mills

Revolution Mills started when two brothers, Moses and Caesar Cone, started a textile business. When they moved to the south because of their father, they began a partnership with C.E. Graham in Ashville in 1887. They began a cloth manufacturing company with their partner and began marketing it in 1889. Their firm was established in Greensboro due to its cotton, transportation, and building location. Although they began their firm in 1890, their first mill wasn’t built until 1895 and renamed Revolution Mills due to its textile circles. There were other mills built around 1902 but the first Cone mill was the largest of them all. In 1982 the mill closed its doors and was sold to a company for offices and apartments and was sold again twenty years later to a private non-profit organization. The Revolution Mills, LLC bought the mill in 2003 to convert it into offices. It occupies ninety-seven offices and now has wood floors, high ceilings and large windows.
The buildings layout is a typical mill layout, its utilitarian. Its large space allows for an easier workflow and makes room for larger machines when needed. It has a lot of windows to allow natural light inside the building and outside the building are large beautiful courtyards. There is a large open lobby with conference rooms that are shared by the other occupants. The setup for the space is set around a studio-like setting with large open spaces, making the already large building even larger.