About

Over a century has passed since the textile industry moved onto the farmland of Massey Hill. During those early years “mill villages” sprung up around the mills and thousands of families relied on the textile jobs to raise their families in the area, attending school together and forming a close-knit bond and spirit that lives today in their descendants and the current residents of Massey Hill.

The past several years has seen refocused efforts to reflect on the Massey Hill community ’s proud history and a genuine commitment to ensure our unique story will continue to be shared and appreciated with future generations. The public art in the roundabout commemorating our proud Pirate history was our most recent project.

We’ve created the Friends of Massey Hill Endowment Fund at the Cumberland Community Foundation and the Massey Hill Heritage Preservation Project – our own 501(c)(3) to provide funding for major projects to improve our community now and forever.

Our next project is the acquisition and relocation of a mill village house to serve as a community center and museum in the Massey Hill community. We have worked with Massey Hill Baptist Church and the City of Fayetteville and have located a mill house and a site on the Massey Hill Recreation Center to locate it. (See rendering above.)

Our budget to make this project happen is $70,000. We have already raised in excess of $22,000.

We need your help to be successful. Each of us has been blessed to have been products of Massey Hill, and each of us can help ensure that the memories of this special place and those special times can be made available for future generations.

We have a wonderful opportunity to help us reach our financial goal. The Cumberland Community Foundation and CityView Magazine are partnering to publish a Guide to Giving supplement in November’s issue of CityView. Our non-profit is included in the Guide. The Cumberland Community Foundation will match all funds up to $100,000 donated to participating non-profits during the period between November 24 – December 3, 2020.

That means for every dollar that is donated to the Massey Hill Heritage Preservation Project, we will receive two dollars for the renovation of the mill house.

The mill house is ready to be moved. Planning for the site work has begun. Help us complete this exciting project this year! This is a wonderful way for you, your family or a treasured classmate to be remembered.

Please consider a donation to the Pirate cause. Click here for information on how to donate.