Sibley Mill
The Sibley Mill is a historic cotton mill on the Augusta Canal at 1717 Goodrich Street, near downtown Augusta, Georgia. It was built from 1880 to 1882 and designed by Jones S. Davis on the site of Augusta’s former Confederate Powderworks. The four-story brick building is famous for its ornate exterior in an eclectic/neo-Gothic style, with two towers, a crenellated roofline, and colorful family coats of arms on the wings.
The mill was built to run on hydropower from the canal, using a large wheel pit to transmit power to the machines. It opened in February 1882 and grew over the years, adding machinery to increase production. After a period of success, the mill faced problems in the early 1900s and was eventually sold and absorbed by Graniteville Company, with the last company-owned dwellings sold in 1969.
Carding and spinning stopped in 1999, and denim finishing ended in 2006, after which the mill stayed idle. In 2010 the Augusta Canal Authority purchased the site and kept the hydropower running while planning redevelopment under environmental cleanup programs.
A nearby development called the Kroc Center opened in 2011. In 2016 the Augusta Canal Authority leased Sibley Mill for 75 years to Cape Augusta, which is turning the area into a mixed-use development. Current tenants include Cape Augusta, Corsica Technologies, Cyberworks Academy, and M Communications. In 2018 Cape Augusta bought the adjacent King Mill to expand the project, with plans for more than 250 apartments and other uses. The Canal Authority will continue to own and operate the power plants at both mills to power and cool the new development.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 19:51 (CET).