Some of the wood used to make our flooring was reclaimed from Orr-Lyons Mill in Anderson, SC.  It opened as a textile mill in 1899 and closed nearly 100 years later.   Employing some 700 workers with 1,500 living within the mill village called "Orrville".  The mills built churches and schools for their employees.  Anderson County grew to over 45,000 residents and 60+ mills.  This progress brought about the need for transportation, birthing street car lines.  Multitudes of people rode the lines from their homes to schools to church to work, which brought recreational developments such as parks, ball fields and beautification projects to life. Antique-Floorings "Reclaiming History for Your Home"	BROWN SHOE FACTORY, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI We now have flooring available that has been made from recycled beams and decking out of the Brown Shoe Factory in St. Louis, MS.  The Brown Shoe Factory, also known by it's character BUSTER BROWN AND TIGE, began in 1878.  The last company-owned shoe factory in the United States closed in the mid-1990's.  The Brown Shoe Company is still in operation today.