Maverick Mills Records

The Maverick Mills was incorporated in 1909 by Eugene N. Foss. A producer of fine cotton cloth, the original mill in East Boston, MA ran 73,000 spindles. By 1915 the mill's 1,157 looms were being used to produce fine combed grey goods.

In 1950-1951, a new plant was built. Located in Greenville, SC, the White Horse Mill ran 17,000 spindles and 200 looms. The East Boston mill ceased production in Massachusetts in 1956 and the property was sold in 1957. Although the physical plant moved to South Carolina, the Foss family continued to run the White Horse Division of Maverick Mills, Inc. from their Boston address.

In 1958, a one to two million dollar expansion in South Carolina added 12,000 spindles and 300 looms bringing the mill's total to 54,476 spindles and 1,032 looms. A new mill (Plant/Mill #2) was completed in 1961-62 which provided an additional 250,000 square feet of floor space with an estimated addition of 700 50-inch looms and approximately 10,000 spindles.

J. P. Stevens and Co., Inc. acquired the White Horse Mill(s) in 1963 from Noble Foss for the purchase price of $6,000,000. In a July 2, 1963 news release (see MS 1988.192, Box 9, folder 16), J.P. Stevens and Co., Inc. stated that: "the White Horse Mill, producer of fine combed lawn fabrics, would be operated as a part of the Cotton Division. This represents a further diversification by Stevens in cottons, adding lawns to its present line."