Baldwin's Mill
Baldwin's Mill | |
 Baldwin's Mill, March 2007 | |
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| Location | SR 1520, near Pittsboro, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°49′35″N 79°14′04″W / 35.82639°N 79.23444°WCoordinates: 35°49′35″N 79°14′04″W / 35.82639°N 79.23444°W |
| Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 86000007[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 2, 1986 |
Baldwin's Mill is a historic grist mill and national historic district located near Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. The district encompasses one contributing building and three contributing structures. The mill was probably built by 1807, is a 1 1/2- to 2+1⁄2-story, heavy timber-framed structure approximately 30 feet by 40 feet. Associated with the mill are the mill dam, and mill and tail races. The property also includes a stretch of roadbed dates to about 1820, a blacksmith's shop site (c. 1880), and two log cabins (c. 1830) moved to the property in 1975. The mill ceased operation in the late 1920s. It was restored to working order in 1941.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Marshall Bullock (August 1985). "Baldwin's Mill" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
Categories:
- Grinding mills in North Carolina
- Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Buildings and structures in Chatham County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Chatham County, North Carolina
- Pittsboro, North Carolina
- Blacksmith shops
- Research Triangle region, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
- Chatham County, North Carolina geography stubs