City Directories and History: 1909 – ANDERSON ROLLER SHOPS, H.C. Townsend propr, office #134 Townsend, also Carolina Concrete Co (W.M. Mulkey and H.C. Townsend), mnfrs
concrete bldg stone, office 134 Townsend, also Derrick & Owens (J. W. Derrick and R.F. Owens), meat market, Townsend Mill,
The Anderson, S.C. Township Map – J.H. von Hasseln, c. 1897, Courtesy of the Library of Congress, recorded this as Site #105 the H.C. Townsend Planing Mill. Note the overall history of Anderson states that this was a major and successful business in Anderson. One source states the Townsend and Barton Mills worked in conjunction….
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