Hinckley Knitting Mills, 21-35 East Wister Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Significance: The Hinckley Knitting Mills represented the historical development of the textile industry in Germantown, which was a nationally significant center of textile production in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Started in 1840 by the son of an immigrant English weaver with two knitting machines, the Hinckley Knitting Mills became the largest textile operation in Germantown by 1850 and in Philadelphia by 1860. The mill complex, one of the earliest textile operations in Germantown, was noted for its hosiery and fancy knits.
Survey number: HAER PA-212
Building/structure dates: 1840 Initial Construction