It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Alberta Mill Complex.

[1] It is also a host for numerous local live performances and other cultural events.

By 1913, it had become one of the world's largest hardwood cross-tie makers, shipping them on train tracks adjacent to the mall that continue past Carrboro to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

[5] The complex now houses numerous restaurants and stores as well as commercial office space on its upper levels.

The song "Freight Train" by Elizabeth 'Libba" Cotten was inspired by the train that ran on the State University Railroad spur past her house on Lloyd St, and which served the needs of Carr Mill.