In 1884, Beard and Roberts built a brick factory called Beard & Roberts Tobacco Factory. In 1904, this factory was leased and converted to the American Hosiery Mill by John and Ora Kerner. By 1909, 22 men and 103 women were employed there working…
Davis Crew Knitting was the first knitting mill built in Kernersville for solely that purpose rather than converted. In 1899 the mill began with only 6 employees and 12 machines. It grew to employ to 25 employees and 65 machines by the time it was…
In the early 1900's the Kerner Greenfield Tobacco Factory was converted to a textile mill. Around 1936, H.E. Crawford Sr. founded Crawford Company, which made hosiery knitting machines and replacement parts. They used this location until they…