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  A view of Levert St, circa 1972.

  Levert St is situated in Lincoln Mill village, which accommodated a substantial number of mill workers. The photograph is incorrectly labeled as Levent St. This photograph is dated 1972.
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  Military Tours Lincoln Mill, circa 1940s

  A US Army officer receives a tour of the Lincoln Mill, c. 1940s. A mill worker demonstrates how the equipment is used during his visit.
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  Lincoln Mill Village Housing, 124-126 King Avenue, Huntsville, AL

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  Lewis Hine Dallas Mill Workers Outside the Mill.

  A photo by Lewis Hine, Progressive Era social advocacy photographer, of mill workers and child laborers outside of Dallas Mill in November of 1910.
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  Dallas Mill Burning

  Dallas Mill was set on fire on July 24, 1991 by a serial arsonist. This is an image of the burning, with people in Huntsville watching in the middle of the night.
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  Lincoln Mill village housing, March 2025.

  These homes in Lincoln Mill Village are located behind Lincoln School. The houses were built to provide accommodation for mill workers. The photograph was taken in March 2025.
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  Lincoln School and Village historical marker.

  The inscription of the Lincoln School and Village marker reads:
  
  In 1918 William Lincoln Barrell of Lowell MA. purchased Abingdon Mill and transformed it into a large textile center of all concrete construction named Lincoln Mill Village. Phillip Peeler served as its superintendent from 1934-1953.
  
  Built in 1929 this school became the central core of community life until 1956 when Lincoln Village was annexed into the city of Huntsville. Edward W. Anderson served as its principal for 27 years. Many graduates became local and state leaders.
  
  The mill stopped operation in 1957 and burned in 1980.
  
  The historical marker was erected by the Alabama Historical Association in 1985.
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  Lincoln Mill, Abington Avenue, Huntsville, Madison County, AL
  

  View looking east of Lincoln Mill (originally Mill No. 3 of a larger complex that no longer stands). Built 1927 - Lincoln Mill, Abington Avenue, Huntsville, Madison County, AL
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  Lincoln Mill, Wellhouse, Abington Avenue, Huntsville, Madison County, AL

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  Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. June 1901
  

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  215 Abingdon Avenue (house), Lincoln Mill Village, historical documentation, c. 1968

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  124-126 King Avenue, Lincoln Mill Village, Huntsville, Alabama

  Field note:
  
  Significance: Lincoln Mills built this six-room frame duplex home ca. 1925 as part of the company's New South Village three blocks south of the mill complex. Each room in a three-room dwelling unit had a fireplace, with running water and toilet facilities at the back of the lot in a separate outbuilding. Indoor bathrooms were added ca. 1950. Original exterior walls were finished with stucco over wooden lath; interior surfaces were wooden. In 1918 Lincoln Mills of Alabama succeeded Abingdon Mills, which was incorporated in 1906, itself a successor to Madison Spinning Mill built in 1900. Lincoln Mill expanded operations, employing 600 workers in 1920, and grew to be the largest textile mill in Alabama by the time a bitter labor strike forced the mill to close in 1955. Most workers found employment in local aerospace industries. The mill complex burned in 1980.
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  Abingdon Mills, Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. April 1908
  

  Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama.
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  Lincoln School, Huntsville, Alabama, before 1929

  The Lincoln School, prior to its demolition in 1929, was built to educate the children of the mill workers at Mill No. 3. The building was demolished so that a new, larger school could be constructed.
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  Lincoln School, Huntsville, Alabama, c. 1978

  The Lincoln School was established in 1929. The school is shown as it looked in 1978.
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  Lincoln Mill, Huntsville, Alabama, c. 1930s

  A photograph of Lincoln Mill in Huntsville, Alabama, from the 1930s. The original Mill No. 3 and the dye house can be seen behind the row of mill workers' cars.
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  Aerial view of Lincoln and Dallas Mills, c. 1950s.

  Aerial photograph taken in the early 1950s. The photo depicts Lincoln and Dallas Mills before the devastating fire that destroyed Dallas Mill in 1991.
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  Lincoln Academy, formerly known as Lincoln School.

  Lincoln Academy now occupies the building known to locals as the Lincoln School. The school, as it stands, was constructed in 1929.
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  Lincoln Mill company store, 03/16/2025

  Personal photograph of Aimee Woodward. The Lincoln Mill company store building is currently used as a commercial space.
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  Merrimack Mill, Aerial View

  An aerial view photograph of phase 2 Merrimack Mill, showcasing the addition of the second mill building and the few houses of the mill village that were right in front of the mill.