Spray Industrial Historic District

{{short description|Historic district in North Carolina, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Spray Industrial Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image = Spray Cotton Mills.jpg

| caption = Spray Cotton Mills Complex

| location = Roughly bounded by Warehouse, Rhode Island, River Dr., Washburn Rd., the Smith River, E. Early Ave., and Church, Eden, North Carolina

| coordinates = {{coord|36|30|39|N|79|45|22|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = North Carolina#USA

| architect = Biberstein, R.C.; Et al.

| added = December 9, 1986

| area = {{convert|151|acre}}

| refnum = 86003371{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Spray Industrial Historic District is a national historic district located at Eden, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It encompasses 70 contributing buildings, 9 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in an industrial section of the town of Eden. It includes buildings associated with eight textile mill complexes, mill village housing, and seven commercial buildings. Notable contributing resources include the Smith River Dam and Spray Power canal, Morehead Cotton Mill complex, "Superintendent's" House (c. 1810), Imperial Bank and Trust Company (1912), Leaksville Cotton Mills complex, Spray Mercantile Building, Spray Cotton Mills complex, Lily Mill complex, Nantucket Mills complex designed by R. C. Biberstein, American Warehouse Company complex, Rhode Island Mill complex, Phillips-Chatham House (c. 1910), and Spray Woolen Mill complex.{{Cite web | author = Claudia R. Brown| title =Spray Industrial Historic District| work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date = August 1986 | url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/RK0281.pdf | format = pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2015-02-01}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The main Spray Cotton Mill building was destroyed by fire in January 2023.{{cite web| url = https://www.wxii12.com/article/eden-fire-destroys-former-spray-cotton-mill-community-staple/42678130#| title = 'It is our community. It is our history': Eden fire destroys former Spray Cotton Mill, a community staple| last = Tran| first = Louie| date = January 26, 2023| website = WXII12| publisher = Hearst Television| access-date = February 15, 2023}}