Borden Manufacturing Company, Goldsboro, NC

This story has to do with my hometown, Goldsboro, NC. I was born there and in residence until I was 5. My mom, brother and sister-in-law still live there.

For years, this factory has sat vacant and decaying, but it seems there is a good chance that it will find new life as a residential center.

The Borden Mill Loft Condominiums needs 15-25 more people to show interest in purchasing lofts before they set out with a spring construction date.

The factory was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on Feb. 2, 2005. At one time, it was also known as Wayne Cotton Mills. In 1904, they manufactured cotton yarns (I, for some reason always thought they had something to do with milk).

They had two huge mills adjoining each other in the suburbs of Goldsboro and featured state-of-the-art equipment and skilled operatives. A walkway was built across Williams Street to connect the two parts.

F.K. Borden was president, and P.L. Borden was both secretary and treasurer. They also provided attractive cottages for their workers according to an early report.

My mother passed out Christmas gifts to the underprivileged there one December and said it was fairly disgusting in the old buildings.

Perhaps one of my relatives can give some more information on it. That cottages for workers thing was interesting.

Glad to See New Use for an Old Building. --RoadDog