In 1979, I was working on a Photo Survey grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. As part of the project I spent a day photographing in the Marshall Glove Plant, where county residents made brown cotton work gloves. The Glove Plant closed in the early 1990s and was basically abandoned. Until now. Pet Whitlock of Mosaic Management in Atlanta has renovated the old Capitola Mill into apartments and studio and office space, bringing the building back to life.
As it turns out my photographs from 1979 are the only existing images of the Glove Plant while it was in operation and Pete is hanging a number of them in the renovated Mill to remind all of us of what once was.
There will be a grand opening of the Capitola Mill on Thursday, October 21, from 5-8 pm. I encourage everyone to come out and revisit a part of Madison County's history.