Whittier Cotton Mill and Village

Massachusetts' Whittier Cotton Mills opened here in 1896 and built a paternalistic mill village with a clinic, schools, churches, and company store; the mill closed in 1971, but the close-knit residential community endured.

Whittier Cotton Mill and Village is a historical marker in Atlanta, Fulton County, erected in 2005. It is one of 357 historical markers documented in Fulton County, among 643 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.8109, -84.4838 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Magnolia Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Hollywood Cemetery, Johnston’s Army Crossed the River, and Monte Vista Biblical Gardens Cemetery.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.