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Hays Creek Mill

Coordinates: 37°56′8″N 79°20′38″W / 37.93556°N 79.34389°W / 37.93556; -79.34389
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Hays Creek Mill
Front and southeastern side
Hays Creek Mill is located in Virginia
Hays Creek Mill
Hays Creek Mill is located in the United States
Hays Creek Mill
LocationVA 724, 0.1 mi. N of jct. with VA 726, near Brownsburg, Virginia
Coordinates37°56′8″N 79°20′38″W / 37.93556°N 79.34389°W / 37.93556; -79.34389
Area4.3 acres (1.7 ha)
Builtc. 1819 (1819)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.95000973[1]
VLR No.081-0159
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 4, 1995
Designated VLRJune 27, 1995[2]

Hays Creek Mill, also known as McClung's Mill, Patterson's Mill, and Steele's Mill, is a historic grist mill located near Brownsburg, Rockbridge County, Virginia. It dates to about 1819, and is a 2+12-story, rectangular wood-frame building on a limestone basement. The building measures 35 feet by 45 feet and retains an iron overshot wheel measuring 15 feet in diameter and 5 feet thick. Associated with the mill are the contributing miller's house, garage that once served as a corn crib, and cow barn. The Hays Creek Mill remained in operation until 1957 in a number of capacities as a grist, saw, and fulling mill.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Mary Elizabeth Piggers (January 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hays Creek Mill" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo