C. R. Makepeace & Company

C. R. Makepeace & Company, established in 1889, was a nationally active firm of mill architects based in Providence, Rhode Island.

He then worked on a number of cotton mills in Randolph County, before eventually making his way to Rhode Island.

Hall was prominent as both a designer of industrial buildings as well as those that normally made up an architect's practice.

[5] Makepeace was an active member of Central Congregational Church in Providence.

[9] Charles Praray first emerges as the chief designer and construction engineer of the Makepeace firm, and was made a partner circa 1892.

[4] As designer, in 1894, he patented what was known as "Praray's Improved Construction", a system of mill construction which separated the structure of the roof and floors of a mill from that of the walls, allowing much more daylight to enter the building.

[11] The only surviving example with walls intact is one of the Holt mills in Haw River, North Carolina.

The firm had two offices, one at Providence, and one at Charlotte, North Carolina, managed by Whittam.