Details for Old Cotton Oil Mill
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5399003713
Data
| Marker Number | 3713 |
| Atlas Number | 5399003713 |
| Marker Title | Old Cotton Oil Mill |
| Index Entry | Cotton Oil Mill, Old |
| Address | 711 North Melwood St. |
| City | Winters |
| County | Runnels |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 408752 |
| UTM Northing | 3537093 |
| Subject Codes | agriculture, general; mills - textile, fiber, gristmills, cotton gins |
| Marker Year | 1962 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | 711 North Melwood Street, Winters |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Medallion & Plate |
| Marker Text | First local industrial plant. Processed cottonseed into cake, meal, hulls, oil. Gave city a good payroll, a work whistle marking times of day, and a good aroma. Built 1909-10 by Bird, Hall and Mertz, of San Angelo. Stone for millhouse was quarried at Posey farm, on Gap Creek (southeast of city). Owned by Herman Giesecke and Associates, of Ballinger (1911-27); then by Anderson, Clayton & Co., of Houston. Mill closed in 1939 after cotton farming declined. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1962 |