Windows – Gilreaths Mill Series | ©2015 David Allio
Windows in Gilreath’s Mill are partially hidden by trees. According to a placard affixed to the structure, it was entered into the Register of National Historic Places on May 28, 1976.
Clematis jackmanii | ©2015 David Allio
Leather Flower Clematis jackmanii is a hybridization of Clematis lanuginosa found in China and Clematis viticella native to southern Europe.1
Abandoned Mill Wheel – Gilreaths Mill Series | ©2015 David Allio
The rusting remnants of Gilreath’s Mill water wheel straddle Shoal Creek in Greenville County, South Carolina. According to a placard affixed to the adjacent wooden structure, the mill was entered into the Register of National Historic Places on May 28, 1976.
For over a century mills represented the primary industry of Upstate South Carolina. Corporate textile mills blockaded waterways with dams that are now either slit-clogged or abandoned sites. Most family-owned grist mills met with a similar fate. The black-and-white images of the Gilreaths Mill Series contain complex codes urging the viewer to reconsider the past, present, and future context of historic places.
