Lowe Mill opened its doors in 1901 as a textile mill, producing weaving yarns, ginghams, and shirts, but it would see many changes in its ownership and function over the years. Here’s a brief timeline:

In 1902, Eastern Manufacturing Co. opened a weaving mill across the street from Lowe Mill. Five years later, the two companies merged. In 1909, Lowe sold his interest in the company to Charles Poor, a Columbia University astronomy professor. In 1929, the Great Depression hit. Three years later, Lowe Manufacturing Co. was forced to declare bankruptcy. In 1933, the Mill reopened as Lowe Mills, Inc. under the leadership of David Comer, the head of Birmingham’s Avondale Mills. In 1934, thousands of workers went on strike, which led to tension between strikers and police and dramatic events like the violent kidnapping of the strike organizer. Nearly two years later, the mill was bought by another New Yorker, Edwin Farham Greene, and became Lowe Corp. Just over a year after Greene came into the picture, Lowe Corp. was dissolved. In 1937, Walter Laxson bought the mill and turned it into a cotton warehouse.

Today, under Hudson’s ownership, Lowe Mill Properties houses facilities for the arts and sciences. The mill facilitates the operations for both a genetics research company Operon, as well as Lowe Mill Arts & Entertainment, which provides spaces for organizations like Flying Monkey Arts.

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