821 S Broad St
Commerce, GA 30529
Harmony Grove Mill · Property For Lease

Harmony Grove Mills, Inc. was a cotton manufacturing corporation founded on April 3, 1893, in Harmony Grove (later renamed Commerce), Jackson County, Georgia, by Lamartine G. Hardman, an area physician, brothers G. W. D. and W. T. Harber, and other members of the local business community to spur industrial growth in northeast Georgia. The original 15,000 square foot mill facility was designed by W. T. Thurmond, the first plant foreman, and furnished with 60 40- inch looms. Harmony Grove produced its first cotton sheeting on May 25, 1894. Enlarged several times, first in 1902 and then in 1923 and 1941, Harmony Grove operated 586 looms and employed more than 500 workers at the time of its fiftieth anniversary. By 1950, the original site was expanded to 130,000 square feet. To house its many employees, Harmony Grove constructed a mill village. Today, these houses still make up a large portion of homes in the southeast part of Commerce. Economic decline in the late 1980s led to job cuts, and by 1990, Harmony Grove employed just 270 workers. In 1991, Greenville, South Carolina-based Mount Vernon Mills purchased Harmony Grove. Harmony Grove remained fully operational until 2004 when Mount Vernon closed several locations. The original mill building in Commerce remains an important historic and aesthetic landmark for the community. *Great Mixed Use Re-positioned Opportunity *Great Multifamily Opportunity *Educational *Retail * Movie, Film and Entertainment *Residential *Industrial / Flex *Office