melrose mill
open + operating since 2019 · showroom space available · open all year
a 1920s hosiery mill,
open all year.
in the building now
working here: Jon Rollins · Kat Green · Tara Thacker · Bill Jones · Camp @ Cohab · Zsizui Winn Studio · Sam Delaisse Photography · Amanda Hufford Studio · Hanna Manes / the Manes Collection · Bill Green Photography
start here · who's it for?
Hosting an event? Rent the venue → · See what's on →
liner notes · melrose mill
Heavy-timber ceilings, walls of steel-sash windows and long roof monitors, all on West English Road, less than half a mile from the High Point Market complex. Four connected brick buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, open and operating since 2019: Market showrooms, a fine art and craft gallery, working wood and metal shops, artist studios and a courtyard event venue. The mill is busy during Market and all year.
tune in · select a space
join a working mill
Show alongside the artists, makers and studios already working here, a gallery that sells all year, and events that bring buyers through the door. The mill is open and operating, and we're adding new showroom space building by building. Tenants who commit early get our best rates, a rate locked for two years, and first pick of location. If a new space isn't ready in time for a Market, you'll show in a finished room at the mill (or a courtyard pavilion) at a reduced rate until it is. Your lease sets a target date for your permanent space, and full rent starts only once you move in.
best rates on 2-year commitments · rates, floor plans + availability on inquiry → request details
the melrose gallery · fine art + studio craft
Much of what fills the mill is fine art and studio craft: paintings, ceramics, glass, textiles, furniture and lighting by artists and makers working in the building, and by dozens more the gallery represents. It shows and sells their work all year, not just during Market, in the mill and online. Focused on the trade, open to all: anyone can browse the collection with list prices and send an inquiry.
paintings · ceramics · glass · textiles · furniture
Original work by artists and makers at Melrose and beyond, on show across the gallery and showroom floors and open to everyone, at Market and between. Browse it online with list prices, or ask about any piece.
ask about a piece →
designers · hotels · restaurants · brands
Custom pieces and large installations, designed with our artists and made in the mill's wood, metal and glass shops, from a single piece to a full store fit-out.
start a commission →
for interior designers + architects
A trade program for designers sourcing art and craft for their projects: trade pricing, holds and help finding the right maker, at Market and all year. Open an online trade account with your trade credentials.
questions? ask us → apply for a trade account ↗Browse the collection + list prices ↗ · see the artists + brands ↗ · Artists and makers: show your work in the gallery →
side b · beyond market week
Market fills the mill for two weeks a year. Studios, the gallery, programs and venue rentals keep it busy the rest of the year. Here's what's on, and how to bring your own event.
happening at the mill · programs by COHAB SPACE Creative
courtyard + stage up to 1,500 · indoor hall up to 250
Host your event at the mill: Market parties, brand launches, weddings, concerts, and corporate or nonprofit events, with a stage and a garden courtyard. Tell us the date and guest count and we'll send availability and a quote.
check a date →
private studios · shared wood + metal shops
Monthly studios for designers and makers, shop access, and fabrication and display builds for showroom tenants before Market.
inquire →
programmed by COHAB SPACE Creative
Hands-on workshops, artist residencies and maker programs run by the mill's nonprofit partner in residence.
about the partner ↓building 2 · space for lease
building 2 · ground floor + 2A · space available
We're looking for a restaurant, café or bar to anchor the mill's main lobby: lounge seating and gallery walls on the ground floor of Building 2, opening onto the courtyard. The right operator would get Market-week crowds, event guests, studio members and the growing West End neighborhood all year.
health + wellness floor
steel-sash windows · oak floors
building 2 · upper floor · approx. 6,650 sf · space available
We're looking for yoga and pilates studios, fitness, physical therapy, massage and wellness practitioners to take a whole daylit floor, fitted out to suit. Build-out takes about 12 months from lease commitment.
walk the floor in 3D ↗ inquire →the campus · four buildings
Along English Road, the main floor runs from the metal workshop (1A) to the wood workshop (1B) and the gallery (1C). The second floor mixes Market, year-round and managed showrooms with artist studios, in spaces sized to each tenant, and is next to be activated.
The link between Buildings 1 and 3, opening onto the courtyard, with an existing kitchen in 2A and a daylit upper floor. Building 2 is available to lease by inquiry, fitted out to suit the tenant. Ask about Building 2 →
The largest single volume on campus, under long roof monitors. 3A main is the artist-studio floor, home to the mill's nonprofit partner and its classes and programs. 3B main is the trade showroom. The second floor mixes Market, year-round and managed showrooms with artist studios, in spaces sized to each tenant, and is next to be activated.
A large-format painting studio with room to work at scale, part of the mill's community of resident artists and makers.
b-roll · inside the mill
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b-side · the history
The 1928 buildings housed first- and second-floor showrooms leased to outside businesses, alongside the company offices and knitting floors. Almost a century later, showrooms are back.
Brothers Robert and Charles Amos found Melrose Hosiery Mills on West English Road.
Two-story brick factory and dye house, timber framed, with a long roof monitor.
Architect Fred Klein adds Art Deco storefronts: oculus windows, leaded glass, copper cornices.
A two-story knitting wing is added.
About 1,200 employees, most of them women. High Point's second-largest hosiery maker.
Hosiery production ends after almost fifty years.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Showrooms, food, wellness and makers return to English Road.
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melrose mill
lease · apply · inquire
Space for the April and October Markets. We'll follow up with availability, floor plans and rates.
or call 888-614-MILL (6455) · or email inquiries@melrosemill.com · follow @melrosemill
property inquiries
Leasing in Building 2: restaurant + wellness space →
For investment and financing inquiries. Qualified parties can request the confidential property package; anyone else can join our community-interest list.
Since 2019 the mill has been brought back to life one building at a time, and used every day while it was: a High Point Market showroom destination, a gallery, working wood and metal shops, artist studios, a creative nonprofit's classes and programs over the years, and a courtyard music venue for up to 1,500 people with strong reviews and broad community support. Less than half a mile from the Market complex, with parking and an open courtyard.
Melrose is a Market building first: showrooms for antiques, fine art, studio craft and fine design, leased for the April and October Markets and year-round, in spaces sized to each tenant and leased gross per square foot per year. What makes a showroom succeed is the tenant mix, the marketing and the daily draw this mill has been building for seven years.
About 45% of the mill is restored and in use. The remaining 55% (the Building 3 roof and structure, the second-floor showroom floors, and the anchor-tenant building) is the opportunity, helped by federal and North Carolina historic tax credits and a City of High Point incentive.
Pricing, valuation and financials are shared with qualified parties after review, a short call and a signed NDA.
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