Once part of Greensboro’s early 20th-century industrial corridor, this former mill still bears its original painted advertisement: “Joy Brand Corn Meal — The Home of Daily Bread Flour.” Such ghost signs are remnants of the city’s manufacturing era, when flour and meal production supported both local farms and the regional textile economy. The building’s worn brick façade and hand-painted lettering are characteristic of prewar mill construction, when utilitarian design met regional craftsmanship. In later decades, many of these structures were converted into lofts and studios, preserving the industrial heritage of the Carolina Piedmont while adapting to modern urban use.
Photo taken in March 2012. © Chad Davis