Peeling paint.

This is the personnel office for the burned mill.

[HelenM]

Peeling paint indeed! A real close up of the surface might have made an interesting shot too

[Paul]

Now there's a building with character 👍

[sally agnew]

Great textures :)

[Kathy]

Wonderful old building.

[GaryW]

@helenm2016 Very true! I may have to go back!

[GaryW]

@paul10 Indeed!!

[GaryW]

@hermann Thanks'

[GaryW]

@randystreat Thanks! It was fortunate not to go up in smoke with the rest of the mill.

[Christopher Carr]

I like the brick foundation against the peeling paint off the wood.

[Stephanie]

The size of the mill from your previous picture and this building with it's beautiful arch over the doorway, makes me think that at one time this was a very busy and prosperous mill. Do you know when and why it closed down Gary?

[GaryW]

@cscarr97 Thanks, Chris!

[GaryW]

@stephanies It was indeed very prosperous and hired lots of folks to work there. In fact, surrounding this building is a "mill village", several blocks of home built by the mill for it's employees! They had to pay rent, of course, but also got a long lasting job. I'm not sure when it went out of operation, but foreign textiles became cheaper and more abundant, putting them out of business.