Atherton Mill station
Atherton Mill was a heritage streetcar station in Charlotte, North Carolina. The former at-grade side platform was located in front of the Trolley Barn at Atherton Mill and it had served as the southern terminus of the Charlotte Trolley, which connected South End to Uptown Charlotte. History Atherton Mill and its immediate area The Atherton Cotton Mill was built in 1892 and was the first industrial mill in the planned Dilworth factory district. It operated from 1893 to 1933, when Atherton Mills, Inc. lost ownership due to foreclosure. In 1937, the J. Schoenith Company, Inc. purchased the mill and converted to manufacturer "high grade" candy, baked goods, and peanut products. Lasting till the early 1960s, the facility since then was utilized as a wholesaling site for textile-related manufacturing companies and then later converted into office and residential condominiums. In 2017, part of the property was partitioned and redeveloped into a mixed-use development called Novel Atherton. The Parks-Cramer Company Complex was built in 1919 and was expanded several times; the facility manufactured air conditioning equipment for textile mills and operated till 1988, when the firm sold its operations. Soon afterwards, the complex was converted into retail and office spaces. The Trolley