Brookside Farm and Mill
Brookside Farm and Mill | |
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Location | 4161 Wilson Highway, Independence, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 36°37′06″N 81°13′31″W / 36.61833°N 81.22528°WCoordinates: 36°37′06″N 81°13′31″W / 36.61833°N 81.22528°W |
Area | 447 acres (181 ha) |
Built | 1876 |
Built by | Robert Landreth, Samuel M. Fulton, et al. |
NRHP reference No. | 05001272[1] |
VLR No. | 038-0009 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 16, 2005 |
Designated VLR | September 14, 2005[2] |
Brookside Farm and Mill is a historic grist mill and farm complex located at Independence, Grayson County, Virginia. The Brookside Mill was built in 1876, and is a three-story, three bay by three bay, heavy timber frame building measuring 30 feet by 35 feet. The principal dwelling was built in 1877, and is a two-story, three bay, frame building with a central passage plan. Other contributing buildings and structures include a brick spring house, brick smokehouse, log corn crib, frame hen house (c. 1910-1912), miller's cabin (c. 1880), the miller's cottage or Graham House (c. 1900), a frame service station / garage (1918), and concrete dam (1914) and earthen mill race.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Michael J. Pulice (September 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Brookside Farm and Mill" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos
- Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- 1876 establishments in Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Grayson County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Grayson County, Virginia
- Industrial buildings completed in 1876
- Grinding mills in Virginia
- U.S. Route 58
- Blue Ridge Highlands, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs