Cannon Village in Kannapolis NC [The Town of Towels] 

www.rogerhollo... Kannapolis, North Carolina is one of the great small towns near Charlotte with an interesting history as the town that towels built. A mill village town founded by the Cannon family of Cannon towels and sheets, she is surrounded with small mill houses for the convenience of the thousands of mill workers. Now that the Cannon Ballers baseball stadium is the centerpiece of Cannon Village, we will soon see our home town team playing! Enjoy my walking tour of Cannon Village (a replica of Williamsburg) with neo-Georgian architecture, old brick buildings, primarily one story, and a center landscaped median. The town that towels built is the town of towels and sheets, for sure.
DOWNTOWNKANNAPOLIS.COM HISTORY
"The business district in Kannapolis began in 1907 as the first Cannon Mill facilities were being completed, and was an emerging commercial center by 1910. The Kannapolis Square, at the intersection of Main Street and First Street, was the hub of commercial activity in town. The buildings at the square housed businesses that sold furniture, drugs, groceries, general merchandise, and of note, one of the Lowe Brothers & Company’s buildings advertising “Furniture, Coffins and Caskets.” The downtown included many well-known stores such as Belk’s, Woolworths, and Montgomery Ward, which, standing four stories high, was the tallest building along Main Street. In addition, a significant historical landmark in town, the Gem Theatre, was opened in 1936 and is today the longest standing Art Deco building in Cabarrus County and the oldest single screen theatre in operation in the U.S. It was destroyed by fire in 1942 and rebuilt after World War II, reopening in 1948.
Charles A. Cannon, who inherited the mill after his father J.W. Cannon’s death in 1921, established a new vision in 1937 that would mark the first dramatic change in downtown, transforming the appearance of the entire district. The plan was inspired by his wife, Virginia Cannon, who was impressed by the work completed at Colonial Williamsburg in Virigina. As the 1950s began, nearly all of the renovations for the business district were completed and flourishing.
CANNON VILLAGE
Ownership of the mill changed three times during the 1980s and 1990s, with the first major sale occurring in 1982 when David Murdock bought Cannon Mills and control of much of the downtown Kannapolis real estate. Mr. Murdock began implementing another sweeping plan for downtown Kannapolis to redevelop as “Cannon Village,” small shops and large retail outlets selling textile products and home furnishings.
The end of the mill whistles came in June 2003 when Pillowtex closed the doors on the mills with layoffs affecting 4,300 workers. It was the largest single layoff in state history. David Murdock purchased the mill property at auction and announced in 2005 plans for a $1.5 billion scientific and economic redevelopment project called the North Carolina Research Campus.
The mill buildings have been demolished and several new Research Campus buildings stand in its place. The Campus includes eight universities, the Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, private sector companies, and other partner institutions. The vision is to be a center for scientific collaboration focused on health, nutrition, and agriculture. The North Carolina Research Campus is emerging as the new economic engine for downtown."
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