Old Gin
The Old Gin is a banquet and multipurpose meeting hall in downtown Conway, Arkansas. The Old Gin opened in 1996 inside the building housing the long-defunct Enderlin's Cotton Gin. The Conway Area Chamber of Commerce gave the owner, George Edward Covington Sr., an award for "best building renovation" that same year. The exterior of the building remains largely unchanged from its time as a working gin, but the interior is completely remodeled.
Inside The Old Gin is a tiger oak back bar once featured in Little Rock's Spaghetti Warehouse.
History of The Old Gin
Enderlin's Cotton Gin was established in 1907 by brothers Joe Enderlin and Amos Enderlin. The original building stood at the corner of Prairie and Chestnut streets. In 1929 Joe Enderlin and his son-in-law Charlie Seiter purchased the Otis Moore Gin on Markham Street. That gin was replaced in 1949 by the one that stands today, the Enderlin Brother's Gin operated by Henry Enderlin and Paul Enderlin. The final bale of cotton was ginned on site in 1972.
The address of The Old Gin is 1016 Markham Street.
