Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment is located in historic Lowe Mill, an old textile mill built in the year 1900. Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment supports a diverse community of artisans and businesses that are dedicated to the free expression of the arts in Huntsville.

The vision for Lowe Mill is of a true arts destination, where a community of artisans can practice their trade while improving their skills through interactions with other artists, all the while educating the public about art and its value.

Lowe Mill is home to a variety of different groups and artists, including The Flying Monkey Arts Center, Everett Cox’s new foundry, Susan Knecht’s glass blowing studio, Happy Tummy Restaurant and 34 new artists located on the recently opened 3rd floor. There are over 50 artist studios on site throughout the Lowe Mill building.

Check out the http://www.lowemill.net/calendar.html" target="_blank">calendar or http://lowemill.net/newsletter/?p=subscribe" target="_blank">sign up for our email newsletter to learn more of weekly Lowe Mill and Flying Monkey events, including “Friday nights at Lowe Mill”, free music and art on Fridays from 6 - 9 pm, and the artist market, held every Saturday, from 12 - 4 pm.

A Brief Look at a Century of Lowe Mill

http://www.lowemill.net/images/lowemill1-lg.jpg" border="0" alt="Arts at Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment" width="280" style="border: 0; float: left; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" />Massachusetts resident Arthur H. Lowe formed Lowe Manufacturing Co. in 1900, and began construction on what would become Huntsville’s eighth textile mill.

Lowe Mill opened its doors in 1901 as a textile mill, producing weaving yarns, ginghams, and shirts, but it would see many changes in its ownership and function over the years. Here’s a brief timeline:

In 1902, Eastern Manufacturing Co. opened a weaving mill across the street from Lowe Mill. Five years later, the two companies merged. In 1909, Lowe sold his interest in the company to Charles Poor, a Columbia University astronomy professor. In 1929, the Great Depression hit. Three years later, Lowe Manufacturing Co. was forced to declare bankruptcy. In 1933, the Mill reopened as Lowe Mills, Inc. under the leadership of David Comer, the head of Birmingham’s Avondale Mills. In 1934, thousands of workers went on strike, which led to tension between strikers and police and dramatic events like the violent kidnapping of the strike organizer. Nearly two years later, the mill was bought by another New Yorker, Edwin Farham Greene, and became Lowe Corp. Just over a year after Greene came into the picture, Lowe Corp. was dissolved. In 1937, Walter Laxson bought the mill and turned it into a cotton warehouse.

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