Editing Spindale, North Carolina (section)

==History==

Spindale originated as a mill town from its first [[textile mill]], Spencer Mills, in 1916, until its last textile mill, Stonecutter Mills, organized by J. B. Tanner in 1920, which closed in 1999.<ref>{{cite web | last1 = Barth | first1 = Tim | last2 = Murrell | first2 = Duncan | title = A Short History of Stonecutter Mills and Spindale, North Carolina | publisher = University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | date = April 2, 2004 | url = https://pconway.web.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/11310/2016/01/barth_murrell.pdf}}</ref> The town of Spindale was incorporated on August 21, 1923.<ref>Clarence W. Griffin,  "History of Old Tryon and Rutherford Counties, North Carolina, 1730–1936,"  Miller Printing Company (1937), pp. 501.</ref>  In 1939, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a local act that extended the corporate limits of the town of Spindale, which nearly doubled its size in area.<ref name="Griffin1952">{{cite book | last = Griffin | first = Clarence W. | title = History of Rutherford County, 1937–1951 | publisher = Inland Press | year = 1952}}</ref>

In 1926, the iconic Spindale House was opened as a community and recreation center and as a memorial building, presented to the town by K. S. Tanner and other members of the Tanner family.<ref>Griffin 1937 p. 503.</ref>

Opening in 1926, a classic landmark of the Spindale mill village was Greene's Grocery Store located on Spindale Street, which stood for over five decades as the number one volume store for many mill families, featuring a home delivery truck service, a credit account system, and a fresh meat market.<ref>Todd Lavender.  “Forgotten Rutherford County: Images of Our Hometowns; Stories From Our Past.”  Akmaeon Publishing.  2017.  pp. 199–200.</ref>

The first organized churches in Spindale were First Baptist in 1917, Methodist in 1919, Presbyterian in 1922, and Spencer Baptist in 1926.<ref>Griffin 1937 pp. 581–594.</ref>

In 1930, the Carolina Theater opened on Main Street in Spindale, which could seat 360 patrons and operated until it closed in 1961.<ref>“Carolina Theatre Spindale, NC.”  Cinema Treasures.  Retrieved March 12, 2021.</ref>

''The Spindale Sun'' newspaper was established in 1941.<ref>Griffin 1952 p. 17.</ref>