Chadbourn Mill was built in the 1930s by Rufus D. Wilson to manufacture women’s hosiery.
Both the building and the hosiery brand went by the name Larkwood until 1945, when J. Chadbourn Bolles and his partners purchased the company and changed the name of the mill to Chadbourn. The mill continued to make hosiery under the Larkwood name, but also expanded production over the next several decades to include sleepwear, lingerie, men’s work clothes and leisure wear, and even carpet yarn.