Dellinger Mill

Dellinger Mill

Dellinger Mill, June 2013
Location S side of Cane Creek Rd., just W of jct. with NC 1239, near Hawk, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°1′1″N 82°5′53″W / 36.01694°N 82.09806°W / 36.01694; -82.09806Coordinates: 36°1′1″N 82°5′53″W / 36.01694°N 82.09806°W / 36.01694; -82.09806
Area 3.6 acres (1.5 ha)
Built c. 1901 (1901)-1903
NRHP Reference # 98001385[1]
Added to NRHP November 19, 1998

Dellinger Mill is a historic grist mill located near Hawk, Mitchell County, North Carolina. It was built about 1901-1903, and is a small unpainted rectangular frame building. It measures 18 feet by 14 feet, 6 inches, and sheathed in chestnut boards and weatherboard. It has a 23 feet in diameter water wheel that was rebuilt in the 1940s. other contributing resources are an apple house (c. 1901-1903) and the mill site. The mill operated until 1955, then restored after 1997.[2] It is the last water powered/stone ground grist mill of its kind left in the state of North Carolina.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Davyd Foard Hood (April 1998). "Dellinger Mill" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  3. Dellinger Mill website


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