PLEASE ORDER YOUR MEMORIAL BRICK BY SEPTEMBER 1 AS THIS WILL BE THE LAST OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE A MEMORIAL BRICK IN 2023.
Following the restoration of the Century Cotton Mills tower by the Halifax County Historical Society, attention was drawn to the site on which the tower is located. The protective chain link fence surrounding the tower was rusted and the walkway from the sidewalk to the door was crumbling.
The Historical Society, with the endorsement of the South Boston town council, mounted a fundraising effort to replace the fence with a black wrought iron fence and gate. The cost for the new fence is to be raised through the selling of memorial bricks to replace the crumbling walkway.
If you had a relative that worked at the Century Cotton Mills or enjoyed your Sunday dinner at a dining table covered with a product of the Century Cotton Mills or just want to make a lasting statement in a memorial brick, please consider purchasing a brick. The cost of each brick is $100.00 and each can be laser etched with up to 3 lines with 20 spaces on each line.
Approximately 200 bricks are available and to date many bricks for the sidewalk have been sold. The town of South Boston has installed the first group of memorial bricks in the new walkway as well as a new fence. Purchased bricks are laid beginning at the street-side sidewalk, so the sooner you purchase a brick, the closer to the entrance of the fence it will be located. To receive your memorial brick and to have it laid before 2024, you must have your order form in by September 1, 2023.
Donors may print and complete this form and mail with a check. For more information, please contact Barbara Bass, President, at 434-579-0083 or email at bdbass@cstone.net.
Shown above are examples of the many persons and/or families that have been honored with a Memorial Brick. All those memorialized are not former Mill workers, but those loved ones donors wanted to honor while also supporting the restoration of the Century Cotton Mills Tower.