Graves Mill

Graves Mill
Location 29 Graves Rd., near Wolftown, Virginia
Coordinates 38°25′28″N 78°22′3″W / 38.42444°N 78.36750°W / 38.42444; -78.36750Coordinates: 38°25′28″N 78°22′3″W / 38.42444°N 78.36750°W / 38.42444; -78.36750
Area 1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built c. 1745 (1745), c. 1798
Built by Jones, David; Graves, Thomas, & Sons
NRHP Reference # 06000754[1]
VLR # 056-0015
Significant dates
Added to NRHP August 30, 2006
Designated VLR June 8, 2006[2]

Graves Mill, also known as Jones Mill and Beech Grove Mill, is a historic grist mill complex located near Wolftown, Madison County, Virginia. The complex includes a three-story, heavy timber frame gristmill; a two-story, log, frame, and weatherboard miller’s house; and a one-story heavy timber frame barn. The gristmill was built about 1798, probably on the foundation of an earlier gristmill built about 1745. It was owned and operated by members of the Thomas Graves family for more than a century.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Nancy W. Kraus with Douglas M. Graves (March 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Graves Mill" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos


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